Goodreads asked Rita Gerlach:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Rita Gerlach It's not fame and fortune, I can tell you that much. That only comes to a few. I'm not one of them, and I'm content with that. For me there is no single best thing about writing. There are many things. When I write 'The End' there is a sense of accomplishment, without a prideful attitude. Another is when a character pops up that is new to the story. Another is that spark in my mind how to move the story forward when there is a pause in inspiration. Most of all the best is when someone tells me, the story I wrote touched them deeply and changed their life.

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