I have been blogging of late about the writing business (and it is a business) with the self-publisher in mind.
Today, I want to touch on something that I read the other day. Someone was amazed at how bloggers keep posting even though people don’t necessarily comment or leave “Likes” on their post; they were in fact “inspired” by the determination of writers.
Here’s the truth. Facebook has turned us into a needy, insecure generation of wanting reassurance that we are “Liked.
As far as getting reassurance from blog posts that people are in fact reading us and why do we still write if we don’t have the hundreds of “Likes” that other more popular bloggers have, is this, we don’t care. A “Like” is not why we write.
Book authors are not writing blogs because we are bloggers, we are authors who write blogs. We love (and I mean love) it when people like our posts, but we are writers. We write blogs and books because we like to to write.
Writing is in author’s blood. We have to write. We can’t stop writing if we tried. Yes, it would be fabulous to have the following of, or to make the money of JK Rowling or (fill in the hot author of the moment here), but that’s not what propels us everyday. At least, not me. 
Another great entry that is close to my heart. “For the Love of Writing,” that’s the name of the game when you love what you do.” As a matter of fact, I just finished writing up a draft for a blog that I am going to type out today.
You can’t put a price on passion! Write on!