>
>And yes, I was doing this over the last few weeks, at the same time
>that Friends Like These was barging out of my head, which
>suggests that I can only get creative work done when I have other work
>I'm supposed to be doing? That's not ideal, but whatever
>works, I guess.
>

I'm imagining some sort of poorly-designed safety system in your brain which fixes one problem while potentially creating another.

In any case, this is a great read, and it only reinforces my opinion that if the world still worked in a way that you could easily get paid for writing, you'd be in high demand.

Peter Eng
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