Classical Greek gorgoneion; fourth century BC
After I got lucky, had my bisexual romance novels published, and was still basking in the afterglow, I renounced the idea that writing has to be painful, like sitting at the typewriter and opening a vein (according to Red Smith, or Ernest Hemingway, or other great writers). If writing stops being fun, I said, I would quit.
Well, writing stopped being fun a long time ago, but I didn't quit. I just got very, very sloooooooow. Read More