Robin Writes

I have been thinking a lot about my writing career, and no, I don’t think it’s presumptuous of me to call it that.

I can’t make people pay money for my writing, and I wouldn’t if I could.  Either people will like what I write and decide it is worth spending money on, or they won’t.  That’s not something I have any control over.

Once I got past that hurdle, I began to realize that there are things that are under my control.

First and foremost, of course, is that I can make my work the best product that I capable of producing.  I honestly believe that I did that with Catskinner’s Book.  It was the best book that I could write at the time.  It is not, however, the best book that I can write now.  I have learned a huge amount in the past year about the craft of writing, and…