You know you're a writer when … You'll never forgive your parents for your happy childhood. … The doctor tells you that you have terminal cancer and you think, “I can use this.” … You accidentally sign a check with your pen name. … You know more than ten synonyms for “blue.” … You write your Christmas letter as if it were War and Peace. Many readers will recognize themselves in this collection of observations about the eccentric, quirky, word-obsessed condition that is being a writer.
