It’s complicated! It’s the typical love-hate relationship. It’s a case study for couple counseling. It’s ultimately fascinating! Well, for me at least! We’ve been together ever since primary school. On and off, but we were always within reach, calling each other up when we needed it. Well, it was mostly me doing that…

Now that I think about it, writing was one of the few reasons I was treated as prodigy child. I wasn’t one, I was simply smarter than some, had talents others didn’t and was less of a menace than most. But apparently that’s enough to get praised about how smart you are, how well you write and the list could go on.

How did it all start, you might be wondering. Well, it started when I was 5. That’s when I discovered that if I tried hard enough and played the annoying child card, I could get a lot of stuff. Especially having parents teach me how to read and write. Not a smart choice, given I was getting bored a lot in my first years in school.

But then the miracle finally happened. I discovered putting my ideas on paper was a lot better than writing homework. I was about 11 or 12 and that discovery kept me quite happy during my spare time and some less interesting classes And then fame came along, at about 14, when one of my first novels got to be read by a few teachers and some colleagues. They liked it, I was happy they did.

I then realized it was a stupid novel and dropped it. And that turned into a long period in our relationship – I started to write a novel, gave it to friends and school mates to read it, they loved it, I realized I didn’t like it that much and dropped it. At about 18 I managed to finish a novel. I was really proud of it! A good friend wasted quite a few nights to write it on her computer and I then gave it to my Literature teacher. She was the highest authority I knew in literature critique and I was quite excited and well…I was going out of my mind waiting for her verdict. Continue reading

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