Looking for Inspiration in a "Life" Worth Writing and Reading About

What makes a writer write? It’s a fairly simple question, fraught with complexity, that often birddogs me when I find myself enjoying something I’m reading, whether poetry or prose. What caused this author to choose this particular subject and expound upon it for 5, 500, 5,000 or 50,000 words? What compelled him or her to… Continue reading Looking for Inspiration in a "Life" Worth Writing and Reading About