Life is for Living #MFRWauthor

The official topic for this week's post of the 2019 MFRWAuthor Challenge is whether "For an Author, Life Exists Outside of Writing."

The answer would have to be a definitive yes. The time when an author could just write a book, send it to an agent or publisher, and then sit back and collect the royalty checks are long gone. There is more to writing as a business other than just putting words on paper or typing a story into a word processor. Outside of the writing itself, there is a whole 'nother world of marketing. But I won't go into that as this post is going to be purposely short to allow more space for National Book Lovers Day.

Another reason why life has to exist outside of writing is our friends and families, the organizations we belong to, the things we like to do. In essence, a multitude of things outside of creating characters, the worlds they live in, and their tales.

A final reason why writers need an outside life is to refill the well. Writing can be emotionally exhausting and we not only need to leave the worlds we created to find our own balance, but also to find inspiration for the next project. That's my few thoughts on the topic. Hope you'll stop by the other authors in the challenge to see theirs.

~till next time, Helen