I believe our stories are the sum total of our experiences - we may wish to express them in any genre, but all stories have a little bit of writer in them. So, my answer would be yes.
I definitely saw myself as a writer because I used to write a lot when I was young. And then life happened. So, I guess, in a way, picking up the pen again is more like homecoming.
I've been writing for as long as I can remember. I wrote poems and short stories for the school magazine and narrated made-up stories to younger siblings. Reading and writing have been with me from the very beginning.
