“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 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.