The Illusion of Success

It’s the holiday season, which for many of us means gathering with family and friends… which, for many of us, means hearing that lovely question, “How’s the writing going?”  (Is anyone else out there groaning at the thought?)

I’ve been a confessed writer for about a decade now and in all that time, I don’t think my answer to that question has changed much.  It’s always “Good!” … followed up by a few qualifying sentences, where I fish out whatever the good thing that happened to me in the last...