Why Being Honest About What a Writer’s Life Is Like Matters

Rachel Tonks Hill
Nov 3 · 5 min read
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Some people have a positively idyllic idea of what a writer’s life looks like. Personally I blame all the profiles in the guardian that whimsically ask a writer to describe their day. And it always ends up being something like; I get up when I want and float downstairs to pet my cat, after which I make a cup of tea from herbs I grow myself and ponder the nature of life. Then I sit down…

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