But I'm looking forward to finding out. I write because I love it. Even the tough days, when phrases or ideas just won't make it from the brain to the computer screen, are better than easy days doing something else. And I must confess, one reason I write is so I can hang out with other writers. I have always had great respect for the written word and for the people who make those words come together on paper in a cohesive and intriguing way.
Writing has the charming by-product of providing introductions to other people who enjoy the work.
D.R. Meredith Family has had a heavy influence on D.R. Meredith. Her grandmother drove a covered wagon in the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. Her father passed along to her tales of Jesse James and the Younger Brothers he heard as a boy in Missouri. Her husband has been a felony prosecutor for twenty-one years. Of all the reasons for such self-abuse, I can absolutely, positively guarantee that I don't do it for money.