Oh boy, I have to say I dislike either/or questions because most of the time I want both. Greedy, I guess, but I can’t imagine writing without reading and I lived too many years of reading without writing to stop now.
As a kid I always had my nose in a book. I carried it around while I dusted around the ornaments and doilies. Of course my mother made me put the book down and dust properly. Putting a book down was agony.
Each Christmas Eve we were allowed to open one present. Good thing it was obvious by feel which was the book. Problem was I finished reading it that evening, but then I could always reread it Christmas Day.
Sometime during my teens the desire to write began to loom in my heart. But, it wasn’t until a few years ago that I followed that dream. And now, here I am with seven books published, and mulling and an eighth in.progress. Now, I can’t imagine a day without writing.
There are many joys in writing—creating the story, the characters who become friends, playing with the plot line, throwing in a fight or two, and of course a love triangle (that’s the romance, right?). In my sci-fi series, I have the fun of adding magical elements with the otherworldly characters who give the heroine special powers. In my collecion of vignettes, I go for humor, and in my duology I tackle world issues set in mystery and adventure.
And you? How do reading and writing fit in your life?