Or you may be a random lurker, who has stumbled across this page for the first time, and once you press that Back to NavFix key you'll never find this site again, because you don't even know what it is called.
Or it is quite possible that you look here every day to see what esoteric wonders of the world I shall reveal . Tough. No world-shattering secrets revealed today.
Perhaps you are sneakily stalking me.. .. if so.,. you sad thing!!
Anyway..writing. why do I do it.
You have read so far.. Enjoyed it? Probably not.. but hey, that's life!
That is one reason why people write.. so that others can read.
But it's far more than that.
I write because I love doing it and I want to get better at it. I might never get round to that elusive 'book' that everyone has inside them, but I do know that I am improving.
I can now edit my work without sobbing over every deleted word!! ( Laughing here, but it is HARD cutting out words and phrases that you have sweated over!!)
I can read a story and know whether it is working...... I might not be able to work out why it doesn't work, but, well I am getting there.
So.. Shepherd.. the latest story. Oh heck. It stalled. Majorly. And the temptation to simply press the delete button and consign it to the scrap heap was immense. But I didn't. I asked my beta-reader for help ..
And it's up and running again. Slow and steady. I'm taking my time, thinking about the characters and their lives..trying to answer questions...( have you ever wondered what colour sheets Alec Freeman has on his bed??.. That sort of question!!)
It wasn't much fun writing Shepherd when I knew it was all going off inthe wrong direction. Once it was back on track it's like driving down the motorway.. clear road ahead, no traffic, and you put your foot down. In control. That feeling of freedom to do as you want, to drive wherever you want, with no satnav telling you where to go.. ( although I think my Beta-reader is better than any sat-nav at pointing me in the right direction!! )
Off to write...... :-)