Why Do I Keep on Writing?
A similar question was on one of the other blogs I appear on, except it was why do WE write. I'm only going to speak for myself, but I must admit there are times that I wonder. I received a quarterly report and royalties from one of my publishers--and it was just about enough for a nice dinner out for husband and me. Not much of a reward for all the time I put in writing. On the good side, several of the books in that particular series were purchased--both paperback and e-books. That means people are interested in the series. As for my true motivation--writing is what I do. Everyone knows I'm a writer and that's how I spend a great deal of my time. (Another batch is spent in promoting--but I wouldn't even sell as many books as I do if I didn't spend time promoting.) Because I'm invested in my characters, I need to know what is going to happen to them next and the only way to do that is write the next book. I love my writer friends--and I ...