I love to make things. Music, writing, photography, building Lego structures, you name it: if there's a creative endeavor that requires effort to go from raw materials to finished products, I will probably really enjoy it. For a while now, I've been trying to focus my creative efforts on writing. The idea of having your name emblazoned on the pages that someone will consume appealed to me (side note: also, a few years ago, I was reintroduced to the works of Ernest Hemingway, and after reading...