Reading is like food and water to me. I can't exist without reading. My profession is writing, so I devour books and read them quickly, immersing myself in the stories that are worth sharing. With this diet of reading, I hope that the writing I share with people has the same kind of life and wonder as the stories I've read and loved.

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Reading is like food and water to me. I can't exist without reading. My profession is writing, so I devour books and read them quickly, immersing myself in the stories that are worth sharing. With this diet of reading, I hope that the writing I share with people has the same kind of life and wonder as the stories I've read and loved.

Whenever I move to a new town (which happens fairly often in this life I've chosen) I always track down the library first. The library is a faithful friend through sun and rain, heat and cold, depression and highs.

There is nothing quite like the first page of a new unread book. The creaking of the binding as you open to the first page. The smooth unmarred paper lined with words that will guide you on a magical tale. The first page of a book, any book, is infinite in its hope. That book can take you anywhere. Anytime. Anyplace. It can make you fall in love or scream out loud. A book is infinite possibilities in the palm of your hand. There is nothing like a book. « less