Five Great Quotations about Business of Writing

“Better to write for yourself and have no public than to write for the public and have no self.” – Cyril Connolly

“There is no such thing as an ‘unemployed writer,’ only an unemployed mind.” – Kevin Cowdall

“Being an author is to have a toe in the creative pool and a foot in the vat of commerce.” – Fennel Hudson

“Writing is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but essentially you’re on your own. Nobody is making you do this: you chose it, so don’t whine.” – Margaret Atwood

“For those who can do it and who keep their nerve, writing for a living still beats most real, grown-up jobs hands down.” – Terence Blacker

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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 15 years, I’ve helped more than 400 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of the Storytelling 101 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.

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