Shouldn’t you be Famous?

“You wrote a book? Why do you still work here? Shouldn’t you be famous?”

Someone asked me this when a co-worker asked me where they could buy my book. Of course I was forced to laugh it off and tell them I’m not a best-seller… yet.

This misconception can sometimes be quite irritating. As writers, we work and work and write and sweat and bleed to create powerful, well-written stories in hopes that people will enjoy it and praise it. Thelast thing writers need is someone rubbing it in our faces t...