A typical day in my writing life starts with looking at pictures of real estate online for at least 20 minutes. If I happen to be actually in the market for a house, I do this for 40 minutes. Then I walk my dog, come back home, and tell myself I can look at real estate for another five minutes.

It's not that I don't get on bandwagons; I just climb aboard only after most of the band has packed up and left for the next gig.

I love writing essays and articles, so it's hard for me to resist taking assignments that inevitably pull me away from larger projects.

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