Why I Write

My mother felt strongly that I should write a personal blog post rather than talking about books. After enduring several encounters with The Eye, I decided to give in. Nobody beats The Eye. Happily, it's National Day on Writing today (and just a few short weeks before National Novel Writing Month), so the timing's perfect.

Short answer–because I have to. The stories are in my brain, struggling for my attention and depriving me of (you'll all agree) much-needed beauty sleep.

Longer...