Get under the skin

Tell us one thing that you didn't anticipate about the writer's life, which surprised you once you became a writer.

by Dietrich 

Some writers getting into storytelling might anticipate overnight success, only to find it’s more of  a slow burn—and that the myth of the “starving artist” isn’t necessarily a myth.

I heard all that too, but I did it anyway. Before I set out to write, I envisioned myself in my studio weaving tales of bank heists, coming up with gritty scenes filled cunning villains and i...