I am dismayed to realize that much of the advice I used to parcel out to aspiring writers has passed its sell-by date.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think I have grown impatient with just being a writer.
I believe I'm a better writer now than I was when I started. I'm grateful that I had good guidance because you don't make it in this business without good editors and a lot of support from your publishers.
I didn't think I would be an exceptional writer, and I thought I might be a useful publisher. I've never regretted it.
The conclusion I came to was that even if I couldn't sell books, I still liked the process of writing.
So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be burnt-out in this job.
I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take on vacation.
Writers keep writing and publishers publishing - it never grows boring.
I'm not a writer, and I don't want there to be any mistake about that.
I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell.
I just knew I would be a writer. It just seemed the only sensible thing to do.