Why Do I Write?

Why do I Write?

This question isn't uncommon amongst the network of writers. Is it because we have nothing better to do? That our lives are dull that we feel the need to create imaginary people in our head? Some of these do happen to pop up in conversations. The answer is simply no.

The reason I write is because if i didn't do it, I would only be denying the characters that have formed in my head a fighting chance of coming out. It's a bit like a writing a shopping list. You make one, go to the store, pay for your items, get home and then you realise that you've forgotten something. That nagging inside your head can become annoying.

I write because it is known to be therapeutic, it takes your mind out of the box and makes you forget anything that you're feeling and anything that is troubling or worrying you, making you feel that you can face another day. Writing for me is a bit like sleep. It refreshes my mind and it makes me happy. What else could be better than that?

Some people can think writing is a waste of time. It is true that writing is a long, long, long process to be called a potential career but it can be done. What if all the great writers like Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte or Mark Twain decided that it was exactly that? What if Shakespeare never wrote his tragedies? What would children study? What imagination would they gain from snippets of novels and poems?

We would be nowhere. They all had faith that they were good enough to write. They believed they could make a reader weep, laugh and love their characters as if they were on that journey with them in person. It is hard work but what isn't today? Years and years ago it was easy to get work. Nowadays, it's pot luck.

I write because it is who i am. It is in my blood to be a writer.

Intricate Ink.

The first time i put pen to paper was in 1998, in a classroom when i was eight/nine years of age. Our class had been asked to write a short story about a character going on a journey. I remember setting it in Egypt with golden pyramids and pharoahs with spears. That bit has stayed with me. the rest, however escapes my mind.

English was my favourite subject at school, alongside Art and Drama. Creativity is something that you are born with, it is something that we cannot learn. To some extent i believe it to be true, but being creative doesn't just happen, you have to nurture it.

Although as fond as i was of writing when i was a child it wasn't something i started doing until my teens. I went through phases as i am sure everybody does. But ever since i tapped into my subconcious i have been writing constantly for years.

I have written anything from Horror, (a really, really bad attempt as part of my GCSE English coursework. I thought it was wicked at the time :S) to my current genre Fantasy. It has been a long journey with my army of stationery and items of technology but the battle hasn't and will not end for a very, very long time. And i hope i will be able to intrigue, capture and delight you with my work in the near future.

Only then will all my tireless effort be rewarded.

Introduction.

Welcome to the Abyss!

I am the creator of the darkness. My job is to keep light from getting in, and happiness from evading the space here today.


The world we were once familiar with has withered like a rose in the harsh Winter's blizzard. Down here however, it is warmer than ever. Warmer now that you are here.

And you're freezing. Even better.
Take off your sodden garments, sit by the fire and warm yourself up. The show is almost about to commence.

Maids and Servants, Carpenters and Merchants, Pixies and Elves.

Welcome to Showcase Inn.