My eleventh novel is coming out in just a few short days and it has caused me to reflect on my journey as a writer. Though I have written since the age of thirteen, my first novel was released in 2010 and every year since I have had releases; with the exception of last year. 2014 slipped away and before I knew it, an entire year had passed. Perhaps every writer needs a breather now and again.
During the course of those twelve months, people asked if I was quitting. My only answer came in the form of a smile. See, what non-writers don't know is that writers can't quit. They might cease to publish their work, but they never stop writing.
Writing is a disease, a curse, an addiction, an obsession and a love all rolled into one. Some days you battle it. Some days you relish in it. There are moments when you birth the words through force and there are moments when they flow. But, the one consistency is that a writer writes.
With three more novels currently in the works, I hope to have several releases in 2015; however, even if it is only one, as long as my pen hits the paper or my fingertips brush the keys on a daily basis, I will be fulfilled.
In reflection, what I have learned is that it is important to find what you love and do it. No matter how others perceive it. No matter what odds are against you. No matter how many obstacles are thrown in your path. One cannot waste their life on passion. Life is wasted only on the mundane and the meaningless; never on passionate endeavors. For the pursuit of passion is never a failure.
If it fulfills you... if it is your dream...then chase after it and never, ever quit. ~
During the course of those twelve months, people asked if I was quitting. My only answer came in the form of a smile. See, what non-writers don't know is that writers can't quit. They might cease to publish their work, but they never stop writing.
Writing is a disease, a curse, an addiction, an obsession and a love all rolled into one. Some days you battle it. Some days you relish in it. There are moments when you birth the words through force and there are moments when they flow. But, the one consistency is that a writer writes.
With three more novels currently in the works, I hope to have several releases in 2015; however, even if it is only one, as long as my pen hits the paper or my fingertips brush the keys on a daily basis, I will be fulfilled.
In reflection, what I have learned is that it is important to find what you love and do it. No matter how others perceive it. No matter what odds are against you. No matter how many obstacles are thrown in your path. One cannot waste their life on passion. Life is wasted only on the mundane and the meaningless; never on passionate endeavors. For the pursuit of passion is never a failure.
If it fulfills you... if it is your dream...then chase after it and never, ever quit. ~
