GUEST POST: Michael Hallisey: Writing is an Act of Intimacy Between the Author and the Reader

Writing is an act of intimacy between the author and the reader. A disingenuous word stands out andcredibility is lost. Too many people aspire to write for the wrong reasons. Often times a person wishes towrite as a means of sharing a different passion entirely; being a love for music, the need to share onesown story, or to satisfy the wish for fame and fortune. The love to write should satisfy the need to tella story, regardless of the subject; and, to do so in the cadence of a dance where t...