"I am a writer"

Here it is. The last, definitive, thing we can say about "how can I find time to write?"

Jay Lake is a prolific writer. He's also undergoing a 16 week [Edit- Jay corrected me- 24 weeks of chemo (12 sessions biweekly):] chemotherapy treatment. Here's what he wrote today.

I am a writer, so I write. I write because I want to, because I need to, and right now, I write most of all to deny cancer the place it wants to take at the center of my life.

Jay also cut television and gaming out of his life so ...