Gosh! I
say that ALL the time, but I really do! Well it’s obvious that an author should
love his or her readers. After all, they support your work by spending their
time and money on it so…heck yeah, they are deserving of all the love. For an
author though, I like to think that the love for ones readers goes beyond that.
MY
READERS? They push me so much that it’s unreal. I sometimes talk about how I
can release a story and within two days (sometimes less) of that story
releasing, I’ve got upwards of 10 or more people asking when the next book is
coming out. Seriously? Yes and I love it! Such a demand has been such a
motivator for me but it can cause issues. For instance, right now I’m on
deadline for my traditional publisher, I have a swarm of readers who have
patiently waited for a title much longer than they should have- “Layers” folk,
my apologies on how long this book has taken to get to you and then there’s a
YA Fantasy title that my agent has expressed interest in and one that I had
such an awesome time drafting, but have yet to complete the final version…
Some
might say that this all sounds like a tremendous headache, but for an author
with a passion (and obsession) for writing, it’s a dream. For an author with a
love for his/her readers, all that pushing
can, and I think should, be viewed as a motivator. If no one was asking, I’d
still be creating my stories. That is, after all, why I started writing in the
first place. I couldn’t find the stories I wanted to read on the market, so I
decided to write my own. I’ll be doing that long after I stop releasing
stories, I suppose, but having a group to share with and glean responses from
makes writing all the more enjoyable.
I
struggled a lot with what I’d write about for this blog. I’ve been pretty busy
and didn’t have time to prepare a post until a few short moments ago after
reading a few posts from members of my webgroup. It’s appropriate to say that I
owe this post to my readers, but that’s no surprise.
Thanks
Guys.
Love,
Al
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