Writer read.

 

To be a good writer you need to read good books. And write. Both of which I started quite early in life. Good books. The first book I read was an Enid Blyton book – Five Go to Demon’s Rock. Damn, the title was spooky and the tale was not but it got me hooked. All the books, or most of them. Five Find-Outers. Then came The Three Investigators with an intro by Alfred Hitchcock. In between I was fortunate to land on Sherlock Holmes; Valley of Fear and then rounded up with all the stories including The Lost World and more. I was lucky to have Three Musketeers as also R L Stevens’ Kidnapped, Treasure Island. There was the Count of Monte Christo… which was allowed by Shakespeare and Dante… I read through the whole Bible – for kids! I read poetry and then I read through all the books I could lay my hand on… Books I wasn’t supposed to read, but I did. And I am still alive. And sane. They all taught me one thing. Words are pure magic. The tales you can spin!  Now, I hardly read paperbacks. Or Newspapers. All on my mobile or Lap Top. Something is missing. I would love the movie mags. The smell of ink and paper. The thrill of reading the first letters. Gossip and scandal. And so much more. No wonder, writing comes naturally and I chose journalism as a career.