The monster under the bed might be real.

What I like about writing.

1. Telling a story
2. Getting lost in a world
3. Building a world, society
4. Creating characters I like
5. Seeing scenes in my head like a movie
6. Re-writes once I have down the bones
7. The hope of publishing book length fiction
8. Setting my own hours (more-or-less) unless I have a deadline
9. The desire to give to others what was given to me as a child, ideas.
10. Teaching others to do the same thing, in spite of the potential heartache.

What I don't like.

1. Lonliness
2. Dependency upon editors and agents
3. Rejections
4. People who don't understand what I do
5. Feelings of inadequacy, especially after a rejection
6. The inner editor, critic (The snarky one.)
7. The length of time it takes to get published
8. The lenth of time it takes to publication