If I wasn't a writer, I would be...

A cake decorator!

I would be sooo good at this. I like meticulous little details, and I love projects that take a lot of time and a lot of concentration. Plus, I love to eat cake.*

Whenever writing is getting me down (often these days what with the horrible-looming-deadline), I entertain myself with fantasies of traveling to a small New England town and opening up a little bakery in a super cute brick building next to a bookstore and an old-timey movie theater. I will fill my days with...