Authors are Readers Too

Usually, authors are also avid readers. This is one reason when I offer giveaways in an event, I always include the authors who are there as well as the readers. Both are readers. I know I read much more than I write. Even though I've already published 60 books and there will be 16 this year, I'll read more than 360 books during 2023. I know because I write a review for each one, and I write at least one a day. I have over 7,000 books in my Kindle library, so I support other authors too. 

I started reading lots of books when I was five years old. I started school that year, learned to read for myself, and Mother also read some of the harder ones to me. Because I had a few signs of mild dyslexia, the teacher suggested I practice reading over the summer before I started second grade, and boy, did I. I was an only child, and books became my companions and friends. They were my gateway to other places and interesting people when I lived on a small farm in an isolated rural environment. They taught me to love history, the language, and learning new things.

All this reading created a firm foundation to become an author. I began writing my own stories in the third grade, and I've been writing ever since. I had published poetry by the time I was in the eighth grade. In high school and college, I always did well on research papers, essays, and discussion questions. When I taught school, I wrote articles in over 40 magazines, because they were shorter projects that didn't take as much time. I published my first novel about nine years ago after I took an early retirement from teaching English and history. I will always be both a reader and a writer.

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