Why I Write

I write because I have to.
I write because I need to.
I write because I love it.
I write because it's the first thing I want to do after a bad day (or a good day for that matter).
I write because I have stories to tell.
I write because it makes me happy:-)
I write because it's embedded in every part of my being to do so.

I don't write trends.
I don't write because I think it's cool.
I don't write because I want to be published (although that would be nice).
I don't write to prove anything to anyone else.
I don't write to get rich (although that would be really nice!).

Thanks for being patient through my mantra.  I did it for me as much as for you.  Sometimes, I need to remind myself why I do it.  God knows it's certainly not easy but it's immensely rewarding and maybe not in the way anyone would think.  There's nothing more cathartic or freeing than to pour your feelings out on computer or paper.  Sometimes, I pick up a notebook and pencil because I just need to write that way.  It's how I started and I enjoy the process of pencil marks flowing across the paper almost more than typing.  I know what you're thinking.  It's a bit old school.

After a bad day at work, a few bad days actually, I'm very thankful to come home to my family and to be able to sit down and write this entry then a chapter on my current work in progress.  Ah!  Can you hear my happy sigh?  I write because I'm a writer.