google's american, and so doesn't know shit from sugar when it comes to spelling english.
i read like a maniac, as i said, and writing is sort of an extension of that. i also have always had a blinding imagination, and like telling stories, especially the crafting of the work - plot, characterisation, imagery - all the things i teach, basically. i love words.
recently, i haven't written that much, concentrating on polishing up my PhD thesis and novel. i've got one finished novel (the PhD one) which is polished, and two others, in various states of editing, but haven't really looked at those for ages. loads of short stories and poetry, too.