Dig Deep: The ‘Why’ in Why I Write

My name is Marcus Lopés and I’m a writer.

In my first blog post, “The Journey Begins … Again,” I talked about why I write. Let me share that with you again:

I write because each morning when I awake, and at night when I lay my head down to sleep, writing is what becomes me. It quells within me, gnaws at my heart, enlivens my soul. I write because of the stories within me that I long to tell. I write because of the beauty that is this world. I write because of the ugliness that is this world...