David O'Mahony: Zen and the art of writing

Why write simply for the love of it? Well, why do any sort of creative work if you don’t have a bit of love for it? Use it for yourself, first and foremost, writes David O'Mahony

US writer Ray Bradbury had at least 500 stories published in his career. Picture: Evening Standard/Getty

I work with words for a living, but my last three milestones have been measured in numbers: 52, 15, and 240,000.

Actually, add a fourth: 41.