The Trials Of An Author Part 1 In my four years of summer writing, meaning an actual book has come to fruition over the past summers, I have learned a lot about myself and the world. I've learned that you should always save and backup your work on multiple drives, unless you want to lose a book and a half I suggest this, subsequently the annoyance of having to write the book almost from scratch has taught me that some but not all things happen for a reason. Now I'm not big on predetermined destinies and such but looking back on how my vocabulary has evolved, my story has evolved and how my passion for writing has evolved, I know for a fact that losing my flash drive was an act of complete stupidity but in the wake of it it actually turned out for the better. Now I'm not writing this because I'm some narcissist but rather to show even during the darkest times in our careers, hobbies, pass-times as writers and authors of the future we can adapt and overcome any obstacle. We can write about heroes who have long been forgotten in our minds but not in our hearts and especially not in our books, #poems and our papers that are filled with simple words that can change someones lives. Sorry for rambling but what I'm trying to say is we were blessed with our ability to write and we shouldn't take it for granted. What is the reason you write? Why do you write? I write because it makes people think, wonder and above all smile. If the reader is happy then I'm happy. As we walk on through the road of #life we all pander "Why were we put on Earth?" It's an infinite question with an infinite number of answers but only one of those is a true answer. -RJC