OPINIONS

Inez has had a terrible week because her new book has met with some resistance in the publication field. I well know that desolate feeling of being rejected for what I feel are small pieces of my soul: my words, my thoughts, my ideas. It has been very hard for me to accept that for me writing has two parts. The first is the doing and I write because it defines me to me. The second is getting the message out there connecting to another mind. This is harder and more difficult and is the challenge we all face when we write. However, publishers look for such different things than the very readers they try to reach. We as writers want to connect with readers and when this very different animal who only cares how much money he can make refuses one of our offerings we cannot see that his reasons have absolutely nothing to do with our reason for writing or the quality and depth of what we want to say. I am self published for just this reason I want to reach people. I do not write to make money. I think this is where we part ways Inez. I think making money is one of your motivators and that is what makes it so rocky for you when an unlike mind cannot appreciate the beauty of your work. I hope this helps. I hope too that next week is sunnier.