The writer of the following means no disrespect to members of 12-STEP groups. Some have a mental picture of a writer as a squinty-eyed mole, tattered and torn, unshaven, having a bad hair day, with manuscript in hand and a cup for begging in the other.
Stereotypes are unfair but they exist nonetheless.
It's being reviewed by a New York publisher right now. I don't tell them it's probably been in the 'slush pile' for months. Here are a few characteristics that I've noticed over the years. You will probably recognize a few. A writer is someone who is found with little scraps of paper in his pocket with cryptic messages scribbled on them.