I think I’ve probably talked about this before: leaving a legacy with our writing.

I know for sure, I did mention that on a recent holiday to Dorset, I visited Thomas Hardy’s cottage. (The window on the top right in the photo below, is where he wrote his first three books!).

Thomas Hardy was born in 1840. In his life, he wrote 15 novels and many short stories and poems, many of which are still sold and read today by millions of people. In the tour we were given of his cottage (which is run by the National Trust), some of those present were fans from the US!

Thomas Hardy can have had no idea that people nearly 200 years later would be visiting his childhood home and still enjoying his books. (Or that Dorchester makes money out of this being a tourist attraction!)

I know this is a crazy idea, but what if, one day, someone came to your house, just to see where you wrote that book that you are writing now? It isn’t impossible! Perhaps it will be a great-grandchild, who has found your old book on a shelf, passed down by your grandchild, who loved and cherished the story you wrote for them.

Imagining people come to our house to see where we wrote our books is a fun idea, but the one thing that is really important is that we leave a legacy with our writing.

Every single copy of our book has the potential to touch many lives, long after we have gone to be with the Lord, just as people are still enjoying Thomas Hardy’s books today.

So don’t ever give up! My writer friends, you are leaving a legacy, so make sure your story is the very best you can make it.

See you next week, my friends, and if you want to ​join the Write for a Reason Academy ​to hone your skills, come on in!

Every blessing,

Janet