There is, of course, some overlap between this and the previous post, as I count a number of writers among both my colleagues and my friends. But my non-writer friends very much deserve a nod, too. I know a lot of very cool people, some of them living nearby, some of them in other cities or even other countries — which makes those latter hard to hang out with, but on the other hand, it often means I know somebody in the places I travel to. And that’s pretty nifty.

Friends are especially a thing to be grateful for given how isolating my job can be. If it weren’t for you guys, I would have gone insane(r) a long time ago.