So much truth here! I’m a reader. Being a good reader got me through my teenage years. I’d immerse myself in a novel and the world around me would just disappear. Having put a couple of my kids through Uni made me a good editor, and they were my kids so I wasn’t paid. I’ve never considered myself a writer, even now, but I do write. I’ve found, in retirement, I love writing but it could have just as easily not happened. But that’s another story. I’ve got to stop writing novellas like this on other writers’ stories. It’s great to read an article that tells it like it is. Thanks, JoAnn.