It took for a certain JK Rowling to burst on to the seen before my attention turned to books. Before then, I read, periodically, at school, when I had to. But I didn't enjoy it. That all changed when I found myself, lost in Hogwarts, running the corridors with a certain Harry Potter. Coincidently, I actually live a stones throw from the Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studio Tour, at Leavesden Studios, where the films were made. So not much has changed on that score.
It was several years later, however, that I found a passion for writing. I was reasonably good at it, at school. I think because more...