[The writer's lifestyle](http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/01/the_writers_lifestyle.html) > So, to summarize: it's badly paid, the hours are weird, the office environment can be claustrophobic, you can't get the staff, you're selling your wares to big corporations who can roll over in their sleep and crush you if you don't make nice, nobody's going to give you a champagne reception, a stretch limo or a signing tour, there's lots of business admin stuff to deal with, and you _still_ have to cram in a normal social life or you'll go mad. > > On the other hand: you're doing exactly what you always wanted to do (or you'd get frustrated and go do something else). And what could be better than that? This is why there's the phrase "Everybody wants to be a writer but nobody wants to write".

[tags]writing,charles+stross,writers[/tags]