In 2020's Edinburgh the tourists visit sex clubs and the locals are assigned sex sessions with a different partner every week - chosen by the state, naturally. Crime writing is about bodies. No sex and violence, no boogie. Which brings me to music. Quint is a blues freak and that reflects my own taste in music, though I do listen to plenty of other forms of noise.
People are often envious of professional writers - or at least they say they are.
Not having to go to the office sounds fantastic. So does working at your own speed rather than your boss's or your company's, and so does being paid for doing something you get a kick out of. The problem is that if your books do well, then your publishers want you to do more and more signings, radio shows, events etc etc - and all those eat into your thinking and writing time big time. On the other hand, publishing is a business like any other. If you don't get on the road, your sales won't be anything special.