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I Took Up Writing To Escape The Drudgery Of That Every Day Cubicle Kind Of War.

There's Many Things That I Am. And All Of Those Things Come Together At Some Point. If Somebody Wants To Limit Me, You Know And They'll Say, 'well, This Is Walter Mosley, The Mystery Writer.' I Don't Like That. Because I Do Many Things.

The Biggest Misconception That People Have About The Literary Life Is The Romance Of It. That A Writer Has This Large World Available To Him Or Her Of People, Of Ideas, Of Experiences, Of Interchange Of Ideas...

Many Writers-in-waiting Spend A Lot Of Time Avoiding The Work At Hand. The Most Common Way To Avoid Writing Is By Procrastination. This Is The Writer's Greatest Enemy. There Is Little To Say About It Except That Once You Decide To Write Every Day, You Must Make Yourself Sit At The Desk Or Table For The Required Period Whether Or Not You Are Putting Down Words. Make Yourself Take The Time Even If The Hours Seem Fruitless. Ideally, After A Few Days Or Weeks Of Being Chained To The Desk, You Will Submit To The Story That Must Be Told.

People Don't Understand How Hard It Is To Get Recognized, How Hard It Is To Get People To Read Your Books. How Hard It Is To Get People To Even To Understand What They're Reading When They're Talking To You About Their Books.