I consider myself a professional reader, if not by education and theory, by practice. I've learned to read on my own between four and five. The first book I've read was a novel of several hundred pages by Jules Verne. I was five. Since then, I've read many more books. Until fourteen I was reading two or three books a week. Between fourteen and eighteen I was reading one or two books a day. I hated school, and I preferred just to ignore the homework and read. After, until now, two to three books a week. And it had been some time…

I would have LOVED to become a writer. LOVED. But well, parents are parents. Follow the tradition, be a ….

We had three professional writers in the family before, one at an international level, but… well. Parents are parents, and there are parents and parents. They were blind to this.

The first advice I would give to a young aspiring writer: follow your passion. Sometimes, those who want what's best for you just don't see the full picture.

I don't know if I would have become a good writer, I just hope so. I see my limits as an amateur writer who started late, but I know as well that I have a big experience as a reader.

I just want to share some of my experiences and my emotions as a reader, in the form of short stories. I hope some will found them usefully. I really hope so and wish all my best to every young (or not so young) aspiring writer.