10. Your computer's Writing directory actually contains more files than your Funnies Directory.
11. You think you've invented a new genre of fiction. (I'll say)
12. You find yourself circling words that end -ly in your kids' homework. (Adverbs are frowned on these days. You're seen as trying too hard, telling rather than showing)
13. You've stared at a computer screen for more than an hour without actually adding anything.
14. Publishing houses have somehow transformed from those great places that print books into fortresses that must be stormed.
15. Introduced to an arrogant journalist, a little voice in the back of your mind can't help piping up 'Pfft. not a real writer then...'
AM going to do a marathon reading session of GID tomorrow.
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