Goodreads asked Keith Knapp:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Keith Knapp Ultimate freedom. There's that old saying that actors get paid to lie and to pretend they're someone else. A writer not only gets to lie about everything, but they get to pretend they're anyone they could possibly imagine. This isn't to say lying is a good thing---in this digital age one really has to be careful how they word things---but the freedom to do whatever you want in any world you want. And if you don't like the way things are going, up on the right is the good old delete key to get your ass out of trouble.

But lying is usually present only at the beginning, as eventually the characters take over and you become more of a conduit for the story than anything. It's like meditation; they brain turns off and all these wonderful (or horrific) people in your head take over.

I also like the hours.

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