Goodreads asked Alicia Sanftleben:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Alicia Sanftleben The best part hands-down is the freedom to make my own schedule. If I need to take a sick day, cool. If I need to sleep in a couple hours because I stayed up too late the night before hammering out story details or researching, alright. If I need to help a friend get to work because her car won't start, no worries. If I decide I want to take a part time job or a one-time job, I can make the time. I can work my writing life around everything else in my life. Which is also why having the freedom to make my own schedule can at times also be one of the worst parts about being a writer. When all of your friends know that you can do what you want when you want, they tend to want you to do things with them more often, even during your usual work times. Those are the times when I'm glad that I have an intense drive to do what I love, because I can say no to them without worrying if it's the right decision. But I would still have to say that making my own schedule is the best thing about being a writer. Being able to work when I want and take my work with me anywhere I go is truly liberating. It is necessary, though, to have a drive that is rightly aligned with one's purpose, which I have mastered so far.

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