Goodreads asked Stephen Llewelyn:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Stephen Llewelyn Whenever this world becomes too irritating/idiotic/boring/frightening/depressing - take your pick - you can just build a new one and vanish for a few months. When you return, it’s hopefully with a sense of achievement.

I’m fortunate enough to write full time now, however, I used to work all over the country converting horrible, flooded, spider-filled basements into shiny new rooms. Just when they began to look nice and comfortable, we would move on to the next horrible, flooded, spider-filled basement – you get the picture. My guilty pleasure at that time was to return to my cheap hotel room each evening, shower who knew what nameless muck from my bruised, aching body and break out the laptop. From there, I would dish out an even crappier day to my characters than I had just lived through... very cathartic 😊

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