Now that my travelogue is complete, I return to what my passion is in creative writing. As we speak, I am working on the follow-up book for Kitsune Matsuri and doing extensive editing for the first book. There's a lot to be said for publishing as I did, and I still intend to send the book to agents and publishers in the hope it gets picked up.
In the meantime, I wanted to hearken back to something that so many writers seem to lose sight of, and so many lose heart. In an age where social media connects us, and which the world is saturated by books and people writing them it can be easy to lose hope. I know I am just one small blog writer with a little audience, but I hope that what I create pleases my readers. I have always been of the opinion that if a writer touches one person he or she is a success. No matter if you have sold one book or one million, this nature should be the same.
I know writers who despair, I visit their blogs, read their work. I've seen one or two quit writing entirely. The same can be said for artists who work so hard at a product or creation but they watch it languish. I try to reach out when I can, support, comment and say I care, and it is my hope that this simple act bolsters some sense back to the creator.
A writer's soul is easy to lift when we reach out to one another. So to my fellow writers, and to myself I remind us all to not despair. Someone somewhere shares that soul you have expressed in your work. Continue on, endure and someday more will do the same.
