“Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.” – Jules Renard
“The only reason for being a professional writer is that you just can’t help it. – Leo Rosten
…it will not always happen that the success of a poet is proportionate to his labor.” – Samuel Johnson
“Don’t sell yourself short; dare to dream. You might sell to a top market before you ever sell to a non-paying market – you won’t know unless you try. In the same way, it’s good to be cooperative, but don’t be too humble either.” – Rheal Nadeau
“Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.” – Georges Simenon
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My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of writers both new and published. I also offer a variety of self-publishing services. During the past decade, I’ve helped more than 300 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of the 7 Minutes a Day… writing guidebooks, four nonfiction hiking guidebook series, and the literary novel Windmill. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.