Writer confessions

I’m a writer. And I have some confessions.

1. I only write at night because I have pervasive insomnia.
2. I think caffeine is a food group and it gives me pervasive insomnia.
3. I have a fear of failure.
4. I also have a fear of success.
5. Apparently every time I spell ‘Accidentally’ I spell it wrong. Except for this time. That is weird.
6. When I was a kid I pronounced Chaos… CH-aos because I had only ever read it. Don’t laugh. I also mispronounce Agoraphobic and Taciturn every single time I say them even though I now know how to say them.
7. I read fantasy fiction purely for escapism. This reality sucks. It needs magic and dragons. And I write for escapism. Just a whole lot of escaping reality in this brain.
8. When people ask me what my books are about I totally have no idea what to say. I get nervous. And then ramble incoherently.
9. I have no idea how to take a compliment. It usually involves trying to brush it off, looking away, and blushing.
10. I have no desire to be a famous writer. Just a writer.

So do you have any writer confession?

See also:

Why I write

Interview: self and that other self

How you know you are a writer