It’s a strange thing, trying to be a writer. There are long periods where you don’t want to tell people what you are working on. Not that it’s a secret or anything mysteriously intriguing like that. It is simply because if you talk about it you might end up not doing it. The act of talking about it almost gives a sense of satisfaction, like you accomplished something. On the other hand you can get bored of the thing you are working on because you talk about it too much and when it comes time to sit down and do it you might become tired of the work you were so gleefully discussing. So I find it good to just go missing in action and let people think I am lazy or procrastinating or some other damning personality trait. Sooner or later my work will come out and it will be nice to hear people say things like, “I thought you just told people you were a writer to get laid.” At which point I will smile and nod, as if being a writer is anything but sitting in a room by yourself daydreaming into a computer screen about the cool stuff that might be.