How Much Is True?

Most of us - most writers everywhere - do something else first, or do something else alongside. What bits of your other career(s) have you found useful in the business of writing and what bits have you had to ditch?

-From Frank

I used to be a cop. It's all over my bio, if you're more interested than what's conveyed in that single sentence. But there's a lot that comes in just those six words, right? A lot of pre-conceived ideas, emotions, philosophies...and from all across the social and...