Goodreads asked Joseph H. Wycoff:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Joseph H. Wycoff I only know the worst things about being a writer. I imagine that better writers only know the worst things about being a writer more acutely. Therefore, it is best not to consider the best thing about being a writer. In fact, I am asked these questions because after nearly fifty years as an unpublished "writer" I finally found the right admixture of narcissism and disillusionment to regard self-publishing as a viable option. Now, there are plenty of good things about being a self-publisher including the opportunity to answer these questions. But, a writer? Writer should be ranked somewhere between pest control worker and newspaper reporter on CNBC's list of 10 worst occupations since 2017 (link: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/27/these...).

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