Hello, my name is Krystal Peters. Growing up I had dyslexia, which caused problems with reading comprehension since the letters would randomly change.  I became uninterested in writing due to this. Over time, however I became an avid reader. I started small reading a few novels here and there.  My first real pull into the wonderful world of reading was when I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling. I soon found myself reading book after book all the way to the completion after my high school days. I also started to read ­the Lord of the Rings series by J. R. R. Tolkien. I was reading through the books in between the release of the Harry Potter series. I know have a book collection of over 1000 books not including e-books, though most of them are romance novels. I find myself reading many articles online as well.

As for writing, expressing myself via words has always been difficult for me. I would right, review and revise making sure everything was perfect. Sometimes my sentences do not make sense. I just cannot think of a way to revise them. I use my husband as a sounding board for my writing. I write mostly in debates I engage in online; using wit and sarcasm, heavily. I use writing as a way to express myself. Actually, one random talent I used a lot when I was younger was the ability to write in code. I used the Phoenician alphabet to pass secret letters back and forth to my best friend in high school. I still can till this day after decade has passed. I used to write blogs to help clear my mind and still occasionally type things out to clear out my head. I usually do it with music on.

Out of all the writing utensils I use. I prefer keyboards since I can type almost as fast as my thoughts pour through my head. As for writing paper I like to right on parchment or graphing paper. Since I can also doodle on graphing paper and let’s face it parchment paper is cool. I think my strengths as a reader is if something pulls me in I will read it from start to finish; getting completely absorbed into the story. I actually prefer fiction to non-fiction as I find most non-fiction to be dull and not riveting. My motto is if I cannot get past the first page of a book, I cannot read it. The book has to pull me in. My weakness is takes a lot of me to sit down and type out papers. I need to be inspired to do them or else I hit a mental wall. It blocks my ability to write anything or my sentences are jumbled and confusing. I would like to learn to transition a bit better. I have always had a problem with it.

As for the paper versus screen issue, I prefer paper. It’s better for my eyes. However the Kindle Paperwhite looks just like paper and is a screen. So if I have to read a doc, I will convert it to a .mobi file and read it on my Kindle.