{"id":4777,"date":"2012-12-20T03:53:34","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T09:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/?p=4777"},"modified":"2012-12-20T03:53:34","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T09:53:34","slug":"the-necessary-provisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/2012\/12\/20\/the-necessary-provisions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Necessary Provisions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I recently wrote about focusing on what I really want to write<\/a> vs. what has a better chance of selling. It hasn’t always been the easy choice, but it’s been the right choice and not without its rewards.<\/p>\n

I’ve made decisions some might question:<\/p>\n

“Why would you spend all that time on difficult novels when you have someone on the inside who can help you with that genre novel you’ve already written and shelved?”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Why don’t you spend more time promoting yourself?”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Why don’t you join a large writing group?”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Answers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I write books I’m not sure I can pull off because I like the challenge. I’ve passed by help on the genre route because — while I have nothing against genre fiction (I started out writing horror, then comic books, and I’ve written a paranormal mystery set in Chicago in the 20s) — I want to write other stories even more.<\/p>\n

So I do!<\/p>\n

I don’t spend more time promoting myself because I believe writing the best books I can is more important than adding to promotional noise online and other places. I do<\/em> promote what I’m doing — I just don’t believe in beating people over the head about it.<\/p>\n

As far as the company of other writers, I have this:<\/p>\n