Master of None

Pep Talks, Warnings & Screeds by George Singleton, with illustrations by Daniel Wallace Do not allow another obsession—golf, basket weaving, nursing orphaned monkeys back to health—to overshadow your writing until…

Do not allow another obsession—golf, basket weaving, nursing orphaned monkeys back to health—to overshadow your writing until you've published three to four books. I've noticed that people who say "I'm a writer, actor, painter, dog groomer, teacher, oboist, and dirt-bike racer" are not very good at any of those professions or avocations.

Scott Francis is a former editor and author of Writer's Digest Books.