Writers are viewed in many ways, and one of those ways are that they are tortured, solitary manic types who lock themselves in eccentric places like lighthouses, castles, and haunted houses in order to fuel their creative fires. I’m not saying that those people don’t exist, but you’d be surprised at how many writers are social, and how many are actually functioning members of society. (Though let me live in a lighthouse, please. That sounds amazing.) We writers are seen as loners, and with that in mind – I really wanted to showcase on my blog the writers in my own life I’ve come to know, for various reasons and at various times, to sort of tell everyone or show them that we writers…
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