“The mismatch between the general population’s assumptions about authors’ working lives and reality never fails to startle me; the supposed glamour, freedom, wealth and influence rarely materialise. It is a solitary, often lonely job, frequently maddening and fraught with frustration at the impossible task of turning these wild ideas into something that can be understood, as clearly as possible, by a stranger.”

Blogging for all this time helped me with that, and yet … I still struggle to be understood in writing, too often. That is where good editors are invaluable. Not easily available to the solo blogger, but … for me, I have friends (wink) …