Dani asked David Wong:

Do you ever get anxious before reading or writing, if so how do you push past it?

David Wong I get anxious doing anything BUT writing. I get anxious about going to the grocery store, I get anxious walking my dog, or talking to friends, or watching a movie, worried that I'll do it wrong, or that it's taking too much time away from work I should be doing. Not writing, though - that's the only thing I'm confident about, where I feel like I'm completely in control. I can't control if people will buy it, or if the editor will like it, but I am confident that the piece of writing I produced was exactly what I intended, and will be the best I could have done.

I don't think I know anyone else who has just one thing like that, but it really is just the one. I can't sing or play an instrument or play any sports, I'm not fit or handsome or good at math. I get nervous about social interactions because I have a real, verified track record of screwing them up. But I don't get nervous about writing, that's the thing I do to escape all that.

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