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1. We write sci-fi because we fell in love after reading Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land.
2. We write children’s books to retain our innocence (and explore our loss.)
3. We write what we know.
4. Or we write what we care about.
5. We write horror so real-life horror is made a little less scary.
6. We write because words put pictures in our heads and, when done well, the brain doesn’t distinguish between false and true.
7. We write because we are otherwise unemployable.
8. We write non-fiction to serve.
9. We write fiction to serve up lies (that tell the truth.)
10. We write because we can’t help ourselves.
*There are many other reasons. What are yours?
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C h a z z W r i t e s . c o m 
My biggest one is: I want people to get lost in another world.
I like that.