writing as a way of life

My writing IS what I am. I met a man once who saw my picture on the cover of one of my books. He said, "You're not bad lookiing!" thinking he was giving me a lovely chauvanistic compliment.
I said,"Bob, you have no idea what I look like. You don't read my books, you don't appreciate my art, you have never seen me at all."

I think, Inez ,this answers your thoughts on how writers feel about their writing, My novels are me and I am inside them as I write them and as I live my day. When I finish each project, I adore rewriting each one. It is as if I were re-visiting a precious friend and I can't wait to let my eyes caress my words, remodel them and make them more accurate so I can tell my stories to the world and spread the love I have for them and for what they have to say into the very cosmos.