Why Do You Write?

Recently, we learned of a fellow writer who passed away unexpectedly. Though extremely talented, she never reached her full potential, mainly wrote about what she wanted to write someday. She felt unless she made a lot of money, she was wasting her time.

Though I've never made a lot of money, I've never felt like I was wasting my time by writing.

I enjoy writing. I'm thrilled when I hear from one of my fans that they really liked one of my books. Receiving a good review is like a reward.

But as far as why I write--it's what I do. I spend a lot of time with the characters I've created, and I always want to know what's going to happen to them next. The only way to find out is to write the next book.

Besides writing, I find myself doing a lot of promoting.

Recently, Mundania who publishes my Deputy Tempe Crabtree series reedited and redid the covers on several of the books in the series.

These are the first two and are now available.

In the meantime, the latest in my Rocky Bluff P.D. series, Tangled Webs will be sold for only .99 cents for Kindle from Friday, January 25th through Monday, January 28th.  Anytime there's a sale like this, lots of promotion needs to be done. So of course I've been busy with that too. It will be interesting to see how this goes.

If you want to check it out, here's the link

https://tinyurl.com/yabj9z9f

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The sale starts this Friday.

How about you, why do you write?

Marilyn

The Writing Life--or at least Mine

The downside:

It's hard work. If you are really serious about being a writer, you need to put your fanny in the chair and write on a regular basis.

If you have a big family like mine, sometimes it's difficult because I enjoy being with my family--and writing is a solitary task.

In my case, I do not make the amount of money that really pays for the time I spend writing and doing research.

When a new book comes out, a lot of time--and money--needs to be spent on promotion.

The upside:

I love writing--the creation of a new world and the characters in it. I love seeing what's going to happen to these people I've grown to love (or in some cases, hate.)

Having friends with lots of other writers--some have become best friends.

Making friends with lot of readers--again some have become best friends.

The opportunity to talk about my books to interested audiences.

Attending mystery conferences where I'm able to see my writing and reading friends.

And of course, I have a new book out that I'm busily promoting, Tangled Webs, #15 in the Rocky Bluff P.D. series.

Blurb: Too many people are telling lies: The husband of the murder victim and his secretary, the victim’s boss and co-workers in the day care center, her stalker, and Detective Milligan’s daughter.

Link: https://tinyurl.com/yabj9z9f