Yello

So, this post is merely to say: hello and welcome... I should be studying about the immune system right now but nevertheless, here I am! :)

Just to clear up any misconceptions, this blog is NOT a journal for my everyday thoughts or rants; neither is it of my daily life interesting though it may be ;) Rather, this is a blog for my writings; as clearly illustrated by the blog title and URL.

Let me explain.

When I was a little tyke, I fell in love with words: written words, spoken words; but more so of the latter because like someone so aptly put it: "Written words have a way of entering the secret places of your mind the way spoken words rarely do."

As an extension for the passion I have for language, it would seem remarkably obvious that I'd love writing and reading. And yes, I've been reading ever since I learnt how to at the age of 4; progressing from Enid Blyton (who I think is STILL the best children's author alive) right up to the likes of authors like Terry Prachett (satire at its best) and so on. :) And I've been fortunate to have friends who have both shaped and influenced my reading preferences on the journey as well - you know who you are :D

I only ever started writing when I was fresh into my teens - at the age of thirteen. It begun on a whim and, frankly, as a joke. In fact, my friends and classmates used to feature heavily in the stories I used to write in the early years of my writing. It all sounds very vague and silly now but at that time it was terribly entertaining to twist and shape the personalities of those I loved into the charming characters that inhabited my stories. If I have ever caused any heinious hurt to anyone in my stories back then, I apologize; rest assured I have lost most of my records of them anyway lol. I can't quite decide whether that's a comfort or a loss to this day actually - though I'd probably go with comfort :)

It was only later in my teenagehood (I think I just coined a word there, hurrah) that I started creating characters fresh out of the worlds in my head - the last two short stories I wrote anyway. I started to lose the habit of relying on real people in my real life to inhabit the stories that I told. I progressed from 9 pages of writing (my first story ever written) to over a 100 pages of writing (the longest I've ever had, but not my latest I'm afraid). I'd always been a fan of adventure, mystery and thrill so that never changed - but my stories went from being simplistic in terms of plot to becoming a bit more twisted in certain areas (at least that's what I like to think anyway) so that's all good. Plus, I learnt how to make romance not so straightforward so HEY! That's got to be a plus, surely? ;)

And all the while, I hope I've grown as a writer - just in the way I wrote narratives, the characters; everything.

Then at the age of 18, the years of silence as a writer ensued.

I was always raring at a chance to write but somehow time was a cruel-hearted thing. There never was enough time to do all my top priorities AND write at the same time; so I abandoned writing...

Until now.

It's been close to 4 years since I last wrote anything substantial. I would like to think that in those 4 years my perspective on the world have changed and that it'd show in the characters of my story: no longer so linear and predictable and exchangeable for one another in the past. That it'd also show in the intricacies of my plots and that there (hopefully) won't be any loophole, large or minscule. I would also like to think that my writing style has undergone some huge metamorphosis so that the voice of my story stopped sounding like a teenager struggling to contain raging hormones (weren't we all? :D) and started sounding more adult - well young adult, anyway; I'm not that old :)

I would love to say that I've got SOMETHING to show you people - yes you who've managed to make it through the last few paragraphs so far - as of now, but I regret to say that I don't.

But, if it helps, the plot that's been brewing away for the last 3 years or so is almost ripe for the picking and I think, I'm almost at the point where I can just about finalize everything and stop worrying about teeny loopholes.

So, watch this space! Because even if I don't give you a full chapter or prologue or what-you-may-call-it; I'm going to definitely provide a bit of a teaser/summary/preview thing :D

P.S. - I forgot to mention, to those of you out there who've always encouraged me in writing eventhough I was this brainless twit of an author in my early years; thank you. I hope I can change the way you view me as an author when my first (something, anything!! lol) comes out. To those who have yet to read my stories, I hope you will. And here's to hoping that I'm no longer a brainless twit of an author for your sakes as well :)