"No struggling but relatively ambitious writer can possibly be anything other than envious."
So I'm supposed to be envious because J.K. Rowling made it? Should I also be jealous that there are two famous authors from my hometown, a member of this forum on several top 100 lists, and many thousands of people who write for a living? Should I be bitter because the writing profession exists?
I'll admit to the occasional moment of weakness ("Why is s/he a writer and I'm not?"), but I wouldn't take that weak moment and put an article out there with my name on it.
So I'm supposed to be envious because J.K. Rowling made it? Should I also be jealous that there are two famous authors from my hometown, a member of this forum on several top 100 lists, and many thousands of people who write for a living? Should I be bitter because the writing profession exists?
I'll admit to the occasional moment of weakness ("Why is s/he a writer and I'm not?"), but I wouldn't take that weak moment and put an article out there with my name on it.