You would think there’s not much to do on your book, once it publishes.

Ah, not so. If anything, there’s more. There’s a ton more If you want to get you books “out there”. I’ve read that 10% of a writer’s time is devoted to actual writing, the rest–90%–is eaten up with editing, contracting, dealing with publishers, agents, rewriting, and a whole lot more

The real thing: every action you take has its own requirements, idiosyncrasies and quirks. Nothing is direct, nothing standard and it’s extremely time-consuming and intense. You have to respect your work a lot to put this much effort into it. I do, so I do it. And all of it keeps Alzheimer’s at bay, that’s for sure.