I had to snort at this because, yes. I had a little backlog of stories to submit, and so I had a bunch of releases in a short period of time. Then all the sudden I sat back and realized I was publishing *stories*. I began reading books on writing--which told me I was doing everything *wrong*. I began to push myself to write more to put more stories in the pipeline because I figured out that in order to even remotely count on writing to pay the bills, I had to submit at least a story a quarter to expect any returns: it takes about a year from conception to execution to submission to printing to royalties.

And all of the sudden, the person who has essentially written a novella a month for the last five years found my creativity taking a hit under the pressure.

So my advice? Write for fun, write what you want to write, write what makes you happy. Read books and take classes if they help; ignore their advice if they don't. Don't worry about whether or not it sells. The stories people seem to like the most are the ones I toss in every improbable trope *because it makes me happy* The serious story that was my attempt at writing something 'worthwhile'? Has been languishing on the hard drive for over a year.

Of course, take this advice with a grain of salt too. I work full time/long hours. Sometimes there's very little creativity left at the end of the day, but it does seem the more pressure I put on myself, the less productive I become. ;-)