Rewards of writing:
1) Enhanced creativity
2) Fame and fortune (not!) but getting printed across several genres (poetry, memoir, novels, short stories, blogs (yes!))
3) Joining the writing community through Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, my writing group, blogging, and Facebook, Boston Book Fair. Lots more
4) Volunteering and mentoring
5) Keeping brain working past middle-age. Never discount this.
6) Discovering great new authors to read
7) Persisting no matter what
8) Learning a bit of public speaking. Thank you, Toastmasters!
9) Bringing husband into the writing community (great memoir)
10) Discovering the joy of writing conferences and the pleasure of weekends of everything writing and discovering new cities, too,
11) The joy of research
And so much more!
Costs of writing:
1) Rejection (500+ queries and still no agent)
2). Got agent; wrong one
3) Dues, meetings, conferences not cheap. Will never earn back what I have spent, but that's okay
4) Only small successes; no breakout books; no bestsellers
5) Ego often deflated. Goes with the territory.
You see that the rewards far outweigh the costs. We've had some great vacations that were working vacations in that we visited a site where a book in process was set. This always brings forth many ideas and introduces us to a place we would not have visited.
Below are the blogs of some great writers who always have something unique to say. Please take a gander (as my dad used to say).
Skye Taylor http://www.skye-writer.com/blo
Beverley Bateman http://beverleybateman.blogspo
A.J. Maguire http://ajmaguire.wordpress.com
Fiona McGier http://www.fionamcgier.com/
Dr. Bob Rich https://wp.me/p3Xihq-1qD
Connie Vines http://mizging.blogspot.com/
Diane Bator http://dbator.blogspot.ca/
Victoria Chatham http://www.victoriachatham.com
Rhobin L Courtright http://www.rhobinleecourtright
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