I'm Nobody! Who Are You?

Writers are gods. Creating worlds. Breathing life into characters. Killing them off when we decide their time is up. Is it any wonder, then, that some of the writers I meet have a pride the size of New York City?

A large ego, however, is usually a sign of a writer who's not been at it too long. Eventually, one of two things will happen. Either they'll take enough hits to get whacked down to size, which is a good and necessary process.


Or they'll quit. Writing, that is. Their pride will continue to balloon.

Writing has a way of sifting through a person, paring them down to the barest essence. A true author at heart not only lives through the experience, but grows in character...just like one of the fictional beings they create.

Who doesn't think God has a sense of humor?