It's Not Easy Being Seen (or Green)
Revered author Markus Zusak once pondered on the question, "Would you still write your book even if you knew it had no chance of publication?" A similar query was raised at my Writers' Group today; "Are we still honestly hoping to be published authors one day or do we just write for the love of it?" My emphatic reply was akin to Markus', "Yes. Definitely. World wide domination for me, thank you very much." Markus emphasised that writing should be a fun experience, playing with words and enjoyable even if those words are full of darkness and horror. He stressed (that for him) being a writer had nothing to do with being published. Telling his story was far more essential and I suppose satisfying. For those who are still fairly 'green' but inching ever skyward ready to burst through that low lying cloud of rejections any day now, for those 'developing', for those 'established' but keen to survive the next season, the p...