It's fun being paid to read stuff and air your opinion about it - pretty much a dream job for a writer.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Being an author is fun. It's a great job, because I can stay up as late as I want, and if I feel like taking the day off, I do it. Plus, I get to make up silly stories and draw pictures all day.
One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
It's not like being a writer is a very lucrative career, but you know, you just know when you've found what you're really meant to do.
I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been able to make a living at it is astonishing.
Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers.
Let's be clear - for people like me, who are obsessed with story and for whom words are their medium, writing is the best job possible. I work hard, but I earn more than the national average wage while I play with my imagination, and for me, that's a dream.
I like being a writer.
I do enjoy working with writers.
I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career.
I didn't think being a writer was a fancy thing. It was a job like any other job, except apparently you could do it at home.