As a writer, I’m used to being an island. And, by that, I don’t mean some tropical destination surrounded by water on all sides that sexy tourists come to visit. I’m more like a barbed, rocky, inhospitable place that essentially keeps everyone away by being difficult to reach. I’m not that way all the time. Certainly not as a friend, confidant, teacher, actress, coach… But, when I’m in my writing headspace, I might as well wear a giant Keep Away! sign, because that’s what I w