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Originally Posted by grimo1re
My husband has written a novel..actually more than one. I *love* them but he's found the whole getting published process so painful he's given up and now his creations are gathering dust in a (virtual) desk drawer.
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Perhaps he can remember the feeling of creating the works of fiction. It is a tremendous accomplishment. The act of creation can be an end in itself.
Holly Lisle looks at it this way:
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Looked at in the greater scheme of things, though, most ice skaters never skate in the Olympics, most football players never play in the Superbowl, and most violinists never fiddle in Carnegie Hall. I like your odds of making it as a pro writer a lot better than your odds of making it as a pro football player. You have much more control of your outcome, and you won't age out just as you're starting to get good. And knees are never an issue for a writer.
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