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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
Thank you for the reblog Chris 🙂
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You’re very welcome Michelle – Great post 👍😃
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Agreed, but even more. There are no laurels in being published, and certainly no glow comes from just that. In this era of independent publishing the act is empty if there are no readers and then fans who enjoy your writing. A writer writes because s/he must, not because s/he’s attracted by any glow.
You write because otherwise your day is wasted. Publishing a book that is appreciated is in itself an accomplishment but it is only the beginning of the journey, not the end of it and not even a point in between.
It’s th first step. Otherwise, publish for your drawer, there’s no news to glow about.
And, please, aim for quality not for quantity, and to please readers, not to flood them with a writing mud. Don’t leave behind your words scores of corpses, grow a readership that will wait for your next effort. Then, maybe, you can tell yourself that you’re working for your future success. Yes, you’re not successful even after you’ve sold your first 1000 copies, or the first 10000. You’ll be successful when readers will ask you to write more stories.
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