One is because you truly love the process. The other is because you genuinely want to give something to people. A piece of advice or a moment of joy. To share the beauty of your private world with a stranger.

Thank you, Ryan. It's not for the money. but for the engagement for me. Like the time a reader shared how my poem about my uncle helped her get inside the mind of her friend who's had a stroke with compassionate understand. Writing can change lives in big and small ways as we know. And even the small ones are huge in my book!!! Now that were giving away our proceeds, the real stuff comes to the fore!!! who could ask for anything more. besides to quote the Bee Gee's there's only words, and words are all I have to give my heart to you...