There is a problem with both wanting to be a writer and wanting to be somebody who Does Things. The first is someone who makes up worlds for others to play in, and with a little luck is rewarded somewhat decently and helps others make new versions of those worlds in other media. The latter is also someone who makes up a world, but chooses to enact his stories in the real world – like a businessman, or a lawyer, or something of that sort. I would like to do both, but I'm discovering that by trying to do both I'm not able to do either very well. Rats.