The Redoubtable Shehanne Moore

7/4/2014

A question oft posed of authors: What kick started your desire to write?
A safe question. A great question. It never grows tired. We all want to know. But, having been through the publishing wringer (mangle), it occurs to me the more pertinent question is: What keeps you going? Because writing is hard--the opinion of your peers and the reading public-at-large is harder still--and the continuing road to publication can be brutal, with self-doubt and cynicism (certainly, my two constant companions) always bickering.

So what keeps me going? Frankly, I'm fucked if I know for certain, but my need to read--near on a bankrupting addiction--ranks right up there, and I'm unapologetically evangelical in my conviction that reading is the answer to...'World Peace'. (Not really, but how else to explain something which has always provided me with exquisite pleasure.)

And, so begins another of my blog series:

Fire Starters
Writers/Books that ignite that 'something' in me...

Amazon US
Amazon UK

You can find out more about redoubtable Shehanne here: http://shehannemoore.wordpress.com

Shehanne Moore

7/4/2014 01:00:48 am

Ince, if there was one star in the sky it would be called Incy Black. Thank you for everything you do for me xxxxxxxxxx

Alison link

7/7/2014 10:48:07 am

Incy the twisted firestarter, but seriously we love the Shey!

My thoughts - what keeps anyone writing must be the stories yet waiting to be told and the characters charging around in our heads that don't shut up. There I said it.

Shehanne Moore

7/13/2014 09:22:47 am

Aw Alison... I love you doll xxxxxx And totally agree re what keeps us writing.

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