WHY KEEP WRITING?

~ marilynm

Reasons for me not to write any more:

  1. Reached retirement age long ago.
  2. I’ve never been a best-seller.
  3. If I didn’t write I’d have more time to enjoy life, family and friends.

Despite the three reasons I listed, I still have  a need to write the last Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery. She’s retired now and I want to send her off into a happy future and tie up a few loose ends for her and her husband. I’ve been hanging out with them both for so long, it is hard to say, “goodbye.”

I did manage to end my Rocky Bluff P.D. series (written under the name of F. M. Meredith) with Reversal of Fortune.

In case you might wonder if I have plans for another series, the answer is probably not.

I do want to write another mystery, a young adult set in Los Angeles during World War II. Why, you might ask. Because that’s where and when I grew up. It was a different time in so many ways and I have some great memories of what went on: Air raid drills at home and at school, Block warden meetings where the kids had a great time playing in the dark while the grown up learned to roll bandages and other tasks, victory gardens, food and gas rationing, being free to go wherever I wanted all day as long as I was home in time for dinner, and telling my friends wild stories like what I said was the truth.

Not sure if it will interest anyone, but I plan to write it anyway.

Marilyn

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Marilyn Meredith is the author of over thirty-five books, including the award winning Deputy Tempe Crabtree series. She is also the author of the Rocky Bluff P.D. series. Her two latest books are Seldom Traveled and Unresolved. She's a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Epic, Public Safety Writers Association.

5 thoughts on “WHY KEEP WRITING?”

  2. Marilyn, I can’t imagine not writing, but I do see myself slowing down, writing less but also taking more time to think about the stories I want to write. I still have some stories clamoring to be heard and I look forward to writing them. But I want to explore other activities. I understand your wanting to spend more time with friends and family. I do too.

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  3. Marilyn, the only real reason we write is because we love it. That stated, for me it’s write what you love, not necessarily what you know. And I love your writing. Just sayin’.

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  4. I keep telling my daughters, who ask when I’m going to quit writing, when I can’t come up with any more ideas. But I can understand wanting to spend more time with family. And as I get older, I realize the days are growing shorter. I can’t get as much accomplished in a day as I did just 5 years earlier.

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