Goodreads asked S. Lee Benedict:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

S. Lee Benedict So far, for me, it's the act of creation. I love looking at my book and saying, I made this. I put something creative into the world, and it's always going to be there. In his opus, The Dark Tower, Stephen King inserted himself into the narrative as a character. In doing this, King was acknowledging that, when you write, it's almost as if your characters actually exist somewhere. And it does feel like that. I can almost imagine there's a world where Ezra Keene, Emma Higginbotham and the Leichnam family exist. I love that. Also, it's an amazing feeling to know that someone enjoyed something you wrote. Even if it's just one person. That's the best.

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