A Writer's Work

I'm returned from my delightful travels, and once the thank you's are written and the heap of laundry's done, I'll be ready to plunge back into work, though I think work is not the best word to describe writing. We call it work because it's hard and requires the sort of foresight, vision, planning, dedication and application that work requires. And yet, on the best of days, it's fun -- sheer, heady fun: the word that pops up out of nowhere to perfectly express our intent; the idea we didn't know we had. Even when we get it wrong, it's fun.