You'd think. You'd think having a skill is enough to succeed---you'd be inspiring, but wrong. Example? I wrote [url=https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3208956/1/Halo-Terranova]THIS[/url] a bit ago. It's good (modestly) but very few people are interested in reading a non-canon novel from that genre/fiction. And the company behind it blatantly ignored me XD I can write. I can write very well. But it DOES take time, and I love to write because I love to create and send people on adventures through storytelling. I've learned from experience not to throw as much energy and time into something no one wants. I'd write it anyway, but with less of a sense of urgency. Right now I'm working on three other projects, but knowing that this one has an audience allows me to prioritize. "If you build it, they will come..." sounds nice but doesn't work in my experience. [spoiler]Case and point, the Halo novel is written well. But you're probably not going to actually take the time to read a 99k word, 20 chapter novel. Quality doesn't matter as much as interest, unfortunately.[/spoiler]