Goodreads asked Mark Eisenzimmer:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Mark Eisenzimmer The same thing that appealed to me many years ago, when, as a kid, I first started reading other people's books: the idea that some writer somewhere created a world that never existed before, a world of interesting people and situations. It was something that I wanted to do.
So, when I complete a draft and read it over and feel I've succeeded in creating a world peopled with interesting characters who are struggling with something, characters that I find myself hoping for or against, well, I don't know if there's anything more satisfying than this. ...Even if I'm the only one who likes the story...

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