Love what you write

The people who run the late Ray Bradbury’s Facebook page posted this quote the other day:

“Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.”

Mr. Bradbury made a lot of sense. When I write about people and thoughts and dogs I love (OK, I was a cat man first, so cats, too), the words scamper across the page like a feline chasing a pesky ball filled with tinkle bells, and when th...