Fiction
In reply to the discussion: I want to start a somewhat different sort of conversation here: What made you into a book reader? [View all]ladyVet
(1,587 posts)I just know that entering first grade and having a teacher who read books to us everyday sparked something. I remember doing little worksheets, and learning to write letters, and then words. The day I realized that people wrote books as a job was the day I knew I wanted to be a writer.
The first time I got to check out a book from the school library was a big day. I couldn't believe they were going to let me take the book home! It was amazing, and started a life-long love of libraries. I've had a library card in every place I've ever lived, including one for the library where I took USAF basic training. I managed to read three books there.
My parents weren't big readers, mostly newspapers and my mother read those true confessions magazines. Neither of them read to me or my siblings, probably because they had little education and were too tired from working. I didn't read as much to my boys as I could have, but they could always see me with a book, and we had plenty in the house. My oldest has taken to reading, now that he has a Kindle.
Still working on the writing thing, though I worked for a local newspaper for a couple of years, and written other work-related things over the years. The self-publishing era has been a wonderful thing for me, and I'm putting out some stories. Just need to get back to it, now that it seems my parents' health issues have calmed down.
Edit history
Recommendations
0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):