Oscar Wild

3 random factoids about that sometimes misunderstood animal, The Writer.

FACT #1
There's no need to ask a writer IF he's working on a new story. The question really should be how many. A writer....wait for it....writes! Currently I've got 7 different story ideas and have started working on 4 of them.

FACT #2
While it's certainly a sweet, sweet accomplishment to attain a gifted critique partner, or an agent, or a publisher, or a 3 book contract, or a Christy Award, or a.... See where I'm going with this? Those things are fantastic and thrill a writer to no end, but in and of themselves they are not satisfying. There's always something more to attain. Only God satisfies.

FACT #3
Honestly, most authors don't know how well their current book is selling. The publisher gets the blow-by-blow numbers, not the writer. Each publisher has a different timetable for releasing that information to the author. For instance, with UNDERCURRENT, I only see numbers twice a year. With GALLIMORE, I hear quarterly.