It was suggested to me that I should make a list of all the reasons why I write stories, make bracelets, and some other things I’d like to get going (graphic t shirts). I’m going to do that here (and has anyone heard of a magazine called Pyramid? or The Pyramid?)
- Books: I like to create stories.
- Books: I get inspired by all kinds of things that can play out into multiple acts with beginning, middle, end.
- Books: I’d like to make enough money from writing to support myself.
- Books: It’s cook to get to the point where the characters stop “listening” to you and have been fueled enough with detail to start acting and talking on their own.
- Books: I like to explore ideas.
- Books: I wrote These Foolish Things because I thought older lovers are interesting.
- Books: I’m writing short stories because I’m used to writing essays, briefs, and papers.
- Books: I’m writing erotica because it’s legal (for now) and I can give it my own twist.
- Books: I want to create characters that people care about, want to have as their friends.
- Books: This is a lasting legacy.
- Books: I’m good at this.
- Books/writing: I like to entertain people. My words get a better response than me as myself.
- Books/writing: I want to write things that inspire people to think differently about a subject, to see themselves in, to learn something
- Books/writing: I have something to say
- Books/writing: my great-grandmother, Daisy Washburn Lovell, wrote two books, “Glad Tidings” and “Glimpses of Early Wareham.”
- Books/writing: If Grandma Lovell is going to be in the Library of Congress, so am I
- Books/writing: I think if I get these stories out of my head and onto paper, I may be able to sleep better.
- Books/writing: I get a kick out of autographing copies.
- Books/writing: Reviews: so far, they’re positive
- Books/writing: I have an excuse to attend group signing events
- Books/bracelets/T shirts: the American standard for judging the quality of your talent is whether someone is willing to pay for it.
- Bracelets: I have friends with issues that certain stones can treat.
- Bracelets: I love handling the stones.
- Bracelets: Researching which stones do what is fun.
- Bracelets: The bracelets are beautiful
- Bracelets: I enjoy earning money from something that I create.
- T shirts: It’s fashion, in a fashion
- T shirts: It’s fun to come up with messages
- T shirts: colors, glittery print = FUN
- All of it: I am more than my day job and goddammit, I aim to prove that.