"A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other pe...

"A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."—Thomas Mann
I spent all day yesterday going through the copy-edited pages of the new novel. My desk was covered with papers and notes and sticky notes. I laughed quite a bit. I cursed a few times. I felt hopeful. And then worried. And then hopeful again.
I thought: this is too hard.
I thought: this is what I want to do.
That's the way it seems to go over here. It's a seesaw of joy and despair. But...