[He blinked at her, clearly confused, for a long moment.]

I don't find it tedious??? I- I like to write. I just... I don't like having to change my ideas to satisfy the readers just because I have to eat. If I could write my stories and not have to worry about the basic necessities of life, it wouldn't matter if only one other person ever liked them. But writing for the love of writing doesn't pay the bills.

That doesn't mean I don't like to write.