Get to work

For a writer without a contract, the job of writing is self-directed. Obvious that may be to other writers, but to the general public, perhaps the implications of this state of freedom are not entirely clear. Those of us who write because we live in hope or because we hear the singing of the Muse or whatnot have no set schedule imposed on us for when to start or continue or complete the labor, and while that may sound enticing in an economy built primarily on the…