I really needed to read this. Sometimes the entire dream of writing seems so nutty I feel like pitching it and pretending the first three books were written by someone else with the same name. Other times I can’t wait to get back to work and tell my stories to everyone! This article was cathartic for me. Perhaps it will ring true for you as well – even if you passion isn’t writing.
No, this is not a cover post yet. In fact, I have a cover I’m fighting, and I’m going to send it to the person whose book it is and saying “Does this stink?” because as always when I’m exhausted I’ve lost the “touch/feel” and in cover art, I don’t YET know how to paint by numbers when that is done. In writing I do. I’ll do covers probably next week, supposing the con crud isn’t too bad. After that I’m only traveling in October and not far. So.
Which brings me to the topic of your post: if you love it, marry it. Which is not about marriage but about writing. H*ll about any career, really, no matter what it is. But this is a writers’ blog, and it’s important to talk about this, because people don’t.
No one stays in love constantly. Note I didn’t say no one…
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