Why Are Books Important To Me?

First let me give you some back story.

I am quite odd. Ask any one of my friends and they will probably tell you that at some point they thought I was weird. Now I'm not ashamed of this, in fact I find it to be quite a compliment. Who wants to be normal anyway?

Regardless, when I was growing up I felt painfully exposed, especially when I went to high school and there were crowds of perfect girls and judgemental guys. I just wanted to fit in, just a little bit, but I didn't.

So instead of trying to change myself, I hid, mostly behind my hair but also behind my books. Of course my hiding place was pretty bad, they could all still see me and judge me, but I couldn't hear them or see them. All I saw was my beautiful magical worlds where the guys were always sweet and heroic and the girls were always perfect and I could be whoever I wanted, all I needed was my imagination.

I have often been told that I have a great imagination and I have a feeling that it has something to do with not having any friends for almost ten years of my young life. I made my own fun. I would read books about wizards, fairies, trolls and ghouls and then I would disappear outside and become the hero of my own story. It didn't matter that I didn't have any real friends, I had my own adventures and my friends never had to go home or leave me alone, not even for an instant.

My books taught me so many things and ever since I saw Beauty and the Beast I've wanted a library like Belle's, I loved that she was smart and had her own opinions regardless of what others thought of her and even though she was so smart she still enjoyed reading and rereading her favorite fairy tales.

I was probably around thirteen when I realized that I wanted to be an author. Of course there is a lot of hard work involved with being a writer and I haven't quite gotten there yet but I hope that I will one day. I just want to be the one to weave a magical world that might make one lonely little girl a little less lonely.

Thanks for reading xx