The financial value put on the job of the writer and the misconceptions around that make it extremely difficult to enter the profession.

Writing is a profession that has no real career structure and your best advice when you hit a difficulty is probably going to come from another writer one or two rungs on the career ladder ahead of you.

Being a writer is a more difficult job than people imagine.

I've been obsessed with stories since I was a kid so it's no surprise that I ended up writing for a living.

Writers are, as a profession, nothing if not eccentric.