Things that are awesome when you’re a writer:

Things that are awesome when you’re a writer:

Being excited about a library, and dreaming of having one in your own house.

Taking a shower every day (because showers are awesome, especially when you live with someone else).

Bed time (also known as: whenever you want).

Getting up in the morning, because it doesn’t suck.

Using a new word in a sentence and pretending as though you’ve known of its existence since primary school.

A stack of books on your desk is not clutter. It’s just plain awesome.

Being oblivious when you’ve accidentally used a metaphor and people pick up on your level of genius for using it.

Reading a badly worded headline from a newspaper and wondering how much it cost that moron to get a degree in journalism.

Sometimes you don’t have to do any research at all.

Becoming addicted to coffee is an occupational hazard that no one prepares you for, and you’re grateful that there’s no one watching to see how much of the stuff you actually drink.

You have a greater chance of winning in a spontaneous rhyme-off.

Words that are used incorrectly are awesomely annoying.

Knowing that the only difference between you and the unemployed is that your fantasy world is better than theirs.

If you work in a coffee shop, no one will ever leave you a million dollar tip. Nor have you ever heard of anyone giving someone else a million dollar tip. But you do hear of writers with a million dollar first-book deal.

Knowing that if someone picks their nose in real life, it’s a filthy habit. If someone does it in a book, it’s an awesome character trait.