Aim for the Stars
For as long as I can remember, I have been intensely fond of reading, a lover of literature and a collector of books, both fiction and non-fiction. This love affair I believe was partly borne of my difficult upbringing. Books became my solace and my comfort in times of torment; a means of escape from a haunted reality... When I wasn't reading, while most kids were preoccupied with the latest toys, I was pretending to be a librarian with a stack of books and a pen to scan the make-believe bar codes. Does anybody else remember the old school scanner from the Toowoomba City Library that looked like a pen?! I loved that thing! Aside from my librarian play, I often dreamed of becoming a famous writer some day. I knew if I was to be handed an unconditional wish that would enable me to be made into absolutely anything in the world, I would choose to be an author. ~ In 2005 I completed the first term of Year 11 before terminating my high school education at the age of 16. My