Goodreads asked Robert Reid:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Robert Reid Firstly I think you need to believe you can do it. Secondly you need to feel you have a story to tell be it fiction or non-fiction. Thirdly and maybe most importantly you need to have the time or make the time to write it. I started White Light Red Fire over 15 years ago and could never find (or make) the time to write. Work and life sort of took over. As I note in the biography in the book it was only semi retirement that gave the time to properly focus on the book. I think you also need encouragement - I got it from family and friends who read the book in stages as it was being written. Finally when you have got the book complete or well underway get input from an editor. The final version of White Light Red Fire is the same story as I started with but it is crafted much better after professional editing. Good Luck.

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