Ten great things about being a writer

 

1. I get to visit other worlds.
2. I have a lot of friends in my writing world.
3. Watching TV, going to the cinema or theatre and reading fiction count as work.
4. It’s perfectly okay that I go clothes shopping and come back with books.
5. All the time I spend writing just makes me a better writer.
6. I’m in incredibly good company: Shakespeare, Dickens, Maeve Binchy.
7. I work from home.  Remind me: what’s a rush hour?
8. Everything is interesting and tells me a story.
9. I earn money while I’m on holiday.
10. I don’t mind being snowed in.