Meme: 5 Writing Strengths

Smiler tagged me with the “5 Strengths as a Writer” meme. Here’s the list of what I think my strengths are:

1. Exacting research, which means I usually know my subject (when writing for publication); the reader gets his or her money’s worth.
2. Exacting research, which means I usually know my market, and hence my publisher; because the publisher gets its money’s worth, I have a 100% publication rate (that is, I sell everything I want to sell, usually to the publisher who is top on my list, but always within my top five choices).
3. Passion. I don’t write for publication any more unless I have a passionate interest or obsession or fascination with my topic. I suppose that I would write hard if I also passionately needed money.
4. Calling. Like many writers, I was called to write from an early age. Our vocational calling makes us persistent cusses, and that means success, eventually.
5. Words. I am wordy. I like words. I use a lot of them in long, Faulkneresque sentences and paragraphs. I am rarely at a loss for words, so editors can count on me to give them words. This is particularly good if one is being paid by the word. This is particularly bad if one is blogging, but oh well.