I started because I realized I missed writing papers for school. Hard to believe but I used to get really excited about some of the papers I wrote, especially for my history and poly sci classes. Then it was because I was bored out of my mind living in small town France where I had no friends, TV, or internet. Later when I moved home and had things to do it was because there weren't enough stories out there that I wanted to read so I wrote what I wanted to see.

Since my HP muse has seemingly dried up most of my writing takes the form of blogging about life as an expat in Japan and that really is more about communicating with my friends and family back home. But mostly I write because I have something to say, because I have a sense of accomplishment when I finish, and because I amuse myself and hopefully others with my words.