Goodreads asked Catherine Anderson:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Catherine Anderson I wanted to be a writer all of my life. And in my mid-thirties, with fabulous support from my husband, I became a professional writer. I imagined living on a mountaintop and being rich, so rich that I could type away all day and enjoy nature to inspire me. Well, I found my mountaintop, and it was glorious, but dreams are seldom what we believe they will be. In short, money is a concern no matter who we are. And as a writer, you can't ignore the rest of the world. And the world moves in on you, with those people thinking you don't have a "real" job. No boss, in their minds. No set hours. They want your attention NOW. You just play all day, in other words. So I can't really say that there is something great about being a writer, except that I struggle to find time to do what I love to do and I can earn a decent living at it. That said, it is a struggle to find the time to write, and I burn a lot of midnight oil.

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