It's about the journey--mine and yours--and the lives we can touch, the legacy we can leave, and the world we can change for the better.
And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books. . . and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore.