I've been writing since I could hold a pen.  I find it distressing and magnificent all at once.  I watch others do it and smile humorlessly to myself.  I watch others do it well and wallow in envy.  I don't fancy myself as particularly good or particularly clever, but I am dedicated to both levels of endeavor.  I promise nothing more than truth and a bare examination of my naked mind - as disturbing as that can be sometimes.