My reasoning for not
wanting to publish a book right now is two-fold. First of all, in order to get a book published, it has to be
VERY good. The competition is
fierce. Frankly, I don’t care
whether or not my writing is good or bad.
I don’t do a blog because I want to be a good writer. I do a blog because I want to be an
honest writer. I write what needs
to be said. Whether it’s good or
bad is completely irrelevant.
Second of all, I hate
the idea of someone not being able to read what I write because they can’t
afford to buy my book. Sure, I
could write a book and it could end up in some library somewhere, but libraries
don’t have every book. Not being
able to afford books is a bigger setback than most people realize. I’ve gotten several messages from
people telling me how much they appreciate what I write. It’s such a joy to be able to share
this gift with others. I don’t
want anyone to be deprived of that because they can’t afford to buy a
book. I’m playing around with the
idea of putting a PayPal button on my blog, since I do put a considerable
amount of work into it, and it would be nice to have a little more money to
work with. But the difference
between that and selling a book is I wouldn’t be making people pay for it. I would be asking them.
