Writing Is a Job
29th June 2016 | for Creatives | creating isn't easy, magic/mystery of creating/art, J.A. Konrath, writing |
"Writing is a job. It isn't some special calling for the elite. It isn't some form of magic where the shaman practitioners must be deified. I'm a writer, and damn lucky to be one, but I'm no better than someone who makes toasters on an assembly line."
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