Into the Fire

Writers vary from introverts to extroverts and every personality in between. They are coffee drinkers or chocolate eaters or pick-a-favorite drink, food, or snack eaters. They are both disciplined and undisciplined in their writing practices. Some have rigid schedules and swear by them. Others take breaks from which they wonder if they'll ever return to their manuscript. Some write in multiple genres and others never vary from one. Some authors readily engage with their fans and others stay aloof within their writing domain. Some pour out novels as if the creative spicket is never off. Others labor over one – or less – a year. 

Some authors conduct writing courses online and/or at conferences. Others would rather not share information about publishing and the technical aspects of writing fiction. 

Writers must market and many are good at it. Others are definitely not and dread every moment of it. Some have a large fan base and others have a modest following or none at all. 

Every one of them started somewhere, sometime. Many continue, some quit, and others start over. 

And during it all, life happens. And authors write. 

Father, you know which one I am in all of this. Thank you for the inspiration, the characters, the stories, all of it. Apart from you, I can do nothing. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.