Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part.
That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door.
It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.
When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.
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