Hi all,

The topic of this week's blog post is something that I get asked a lot by readers and other authors. I don't think this will surprise anyone, but the answer is...

Yes! I've always wanted to be an author.

When I was little, I was always asked by people what I wanted to be when I grew up. My answer was always the same - an author. At school teachers did try to steer me in other directions, but I just wasn't interested. As a child, I was incredibly anxious to the point where I didn't speak most of the time. I saw this as a real hindrance to any career prospects I had, as I didn't want to deal with people.

Over my school years, we had to take online tests to help us decide what career path would be best for us. I always scored 90% author. The closest second was 6% translator, with the other 4% being random jobs that would equal 0.5% of the score at most. So many teachers were furious and would make me re-take the test in front of them, but it still came out the same thing. Author would always be in the top spot by miles.

My granddad especially was a big supporter of my writing. He encouraged me to keep doing it and pursue writing as a job when I got older. I can still remember the look of pure joy on his face when I handed him the first copy of Blood and Water.

As I grew older, my anxiety improved a lot to where I could handle a job that involved some interaction with people. But it's still not where my heart lies. I've always written stories, now books. No matter how hard people tried to tell me otherwise, I'm supposed to be an author.

I love writing, and I will always write. Even if it's not as a job, I will continue to do it.

That's it for this week, I hope you enjoy reading! See you next week.