Kelley asked Liz Davidson:

What's the best thing about being a writer?

Liz Davidson Buying that first copy and reading the version just like a real reader would! It’s amazing to see your book in a book store, pick it up, and know that you actually wrote something that other people are going to read— hopefully a lot of other people— and that you might actually help someone improve or change their life. As I read my book, the final published version in print, I imagine there is someone out there, reading at the same time, who will be inspired to make better decisions and ultimately build a better life for themselves.

Also, I love that a book is permanent and tangible. You can always pick it up and have this proof of what you did, along with the memories of all those days of slogging through it, and the pride that you were able to actually finish it! There’s deep satisfaction in that— and in the fact that no one can ever “unwrite” your book.

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