Meet and Greet/Question of the Week # 2 : When did you discover that you enjoyed writing , and why do you do it ?

When did I discover I enjoyed writing? Well, I've always had a rather active imagination and it showed in my school work. `` Coward, quite being so flowery with your papers.'' 
 
 As to why I do it, it's a catharsis, a stress relief. It's cheaper than a headshrinker or beer. I've always wanted to make people happy, and with writing I can do that. But above all, I do it for myself, for the feeling that comes out of putting characters into a situation and somehow getting them out. I like happy endings, love them in fact. And when I go to bed, I want to do it with a warm feeling in my heart, a sense of knowing the world's a better placed tonight than it was earlier in the morning. That is why I write
