I thought this was pretty good, from grub daily (sent, well, daily, from Grub Street, a nonprofit writing center in Boston, MA).

I don’t read all of GS’s missives, but it’s hard to pass up a good list:
10 Hard Truths about Writing by novelist Lauren B. Davis.

Maybe I should try to come up with the 10 Easy Truths, or 10 Pieces of Good News Pertaining to Being a Writer, just for the sake of balance.

She *is* right–for the most part.