Becoming a writer - Being a writer

How is it that I became a writer:

As a little girl I often felt secluded and isolated from the rest of my family. I felt that at times if I were to disappear into the shadows perhaps no one would even notice. If the truth be known I’d often look out for an unexpected hug but soon realised no such thing existed. Now that I am older and considerably much wiser (or I’d like to think so) I realise now that this was not in fact my parents fault. How can it be when giving birth to triplets?

Call it what you will this new ‘declaration of independence’ provided me with the opportunity to explore new ideas and to discover my new surroundings without out the constant ‘jibber jabber’ from my parents.  I decided that I liked this very much. As I independently grew more and more aware of my surroundings, as you would expect I discovered new things. I discovered that I had a passion for reading – something that I now decided would constantly flow throughout the blood in my veins. As a child who feared to express her own opinions, for the belief that her mother and father would simply ignore her, I reverted to reading all kinds of books. According to Edward P. Morgan ‘A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face.’ It was this sudden realisation that inspired me to become a writer for it was through reading books that enabled me to write down on paper what it is I wanted or felt I had needed to write in order to make people listen to me.