Found This Today In A Writing Journal From 2002:

“What I’m Striving For In Writing”

–For readers to be moved

–For readers to be surprised

–Variety

–To continue to grow, improve, evolve as a writer

–To convey message of hope & redemption

–To remember the story

–To not repeat myself

“What I’m Striving For In Writing Career”

–Develop faithful readership that will follow me wherever I go

–To write fulltime

–To publish one book every year, maybe more

–To take risks, to change styles and voices, to try things

–To have books that stay in print

–To occasionally hit a home run

–To never lose passion to create or drive to succeed

–To never run out of ideas