Hello S.E. friend, Gwen with you today, and I’m going to begin with a question. Why do you write?

This question became front and center for me when I learned of Western writer C.J. Petit. Do you know of him? He’s published over ninety books, has thousands of very positive reviews, and all but one of his kindle books sell at 99 cents.

In his own words, Petit explains that he began writing in 2016, “just before Christmas … I had no intention of letting anyone read it. The reason for even starting the book was just to keep my brain from turning into mush.”

Petit had retired from the Air Force, then worked as a computer tech for seventeen years, when he was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer of his throat and lymph glands. The treatment that ensued left him unable to eat, drink, or talk. That’s when he…