I've been writing as long as I can remember. I usually read and write fantasy and science fiction, and I do read mysteries, though I never write them. I have an uncommon genetic mutation called Synesthesia. This is when the sensical passageways within your brain get confused with one another and create an involuntary reaction. In my case, I will see whatever words I hear, even just pieces of words that I overhear in places like restaurants. This makes going to loud places like concerts, or even gym in school, torture, but I'm getting better at controlling it so it doesn't overwhelm me as much. I also have mirror-touch synesthesia, which means I physically feel everything I see (and it's not necessarily pain). I also feel whatever I imagine or hear/talk about. In a sense, this is worse than my ticker tape synesthesia (seeing what I hear), and is very hard to control from my experiences. Unlike ticker tape, which I have gotten used to by now, mirror touch can mean experiencing anything from a tingling where somebody got a shot or sprained their ankle to feeling the flesh itself being torn when a character is impaled by a sword in a book (whether it's my own or somebody else's). I nearly fainted when our history teacher showed a movie about the Civil War's amputees in class. It's awesome to have, but it definitely isn't always the most pleasant.