I must say I have been writing for about 20 years now. Have many novels completed and not one traditionally published yet. Nevertheless, I do have one that a English publisher seems interested in. So that is some hopes if anything.

I can't help to wonder the reward of making alot of money in writing, yet after so many years, my expectations have fallen short.

Now I am just happy if someone just reads one of my novels and gives me a compliment.

For me that would be the greatest reward at the moment and will probably be for the rest of my life.

With that being said, I just want to say if you are a writer or a author who has been at it for some time now then I congratulate you on a hobby that not everyone can do.

Those long hours trying to get a few good pages in can be ghastly!

The many cups of coffee and little sleep can destroy a image that most don't want to see, especially if you have to get up early each morning to tend to a family!


If anything the time was well spent even if my work will only be recognized by a hand full of people before I pass away.

I congratulate you in a world that very few wish to enter

There are days I don't even try to write anything -- I know it will be putrid.

Other days, it seems as if the words just won't stop spewing out.

Writing is not for everyone -- it's becoming more and more of a "lost art." I wonder if, 100 years from now, there will be any true "writing" at all -- or will there be a machine that does it all for you?

For now, I see it as my best outlet -- my only outlet, really -- for any form of creative self-expression.

And I take some consolation in the fact that it allows me to be as reclusive and as anti-social as I want and need to be -- a true benefit.

I can't imagine a life without writing....

I have just complete reading chapters 1-3 on The Sacred woods of Silvernarion.

It is one of the most interesting stories that I have come across in a while.

It's full of adventure, and some romance.It shows that love can come from the most unlikely places. It also shows the strength and determination of a young courageous girl, who is bent on completing her journey through all odds.

The story is compelling, exciting. The more you read the more you want to read.

I am truly honored to have the author here on m2. He is a simple, yet creative genius, whom I would truly love to meet in person one day.

With that being said I think you would agree that one of the biggest rewards in writing is to have people read your work. To have spent a moment of their freetime entering and enjoying your imagination that you have created for them.

That is at least for me the greatest reward thus far.

I thank you for your compliment. It really made my day and inspires me to write yet another chapter sometime in the near future.

These kind of compliments in which we fiction authors don't get that many off is considered the biggest reward to have. Our goal is to entertain enthusiastic readers and give an opportunity to enter a world of imagination away from the day to day tasks in the real world.

It is a way to escape reality for a brief moment.

Thank you very much

It's the feedback, the responses, the reviews....

It's when someone says, "I read your book and I loved it. When is the next one coming out?"

It's when they ask questions about the story, the characters, the process of writing....

It's when DragonFlyTat sends me an e-mail asking if she can use my book in a Kurzweil lab for her special needs students....

Knowing that something I wrote is going to be used to help some kids....

What could be better than that?

Waayyyy cool, Lex!

I agree 100% on this. I mean it is even more rewarding when a reader will use your work to help further students education. That is most rewarding indeed!

Well Lex, I hope you write many books in your lifetime and even a New York bestseller one day. That would make me most proud of my good friend.