Parents Just Don't Understand...

Being a writer is a long hard road, full of trials and tribulations and all that other stuff, but one of the most difficult obstacles is simply being taken seriously by the people around us. It's tough not to be seen as a leech, a layabout, "lazy", and a plethora of other negative descriptors that start with "L" from most of society, but largely, it usually comes from our families.

This isn't to all those writers out there who hit the lotto and have loving supportive parents, siblings, and sp...