seriously almost 20 years ago.  I feel that I have spent time carving out a style, the most important requirement I believe to being a writer!  A lifestyle is also part of being an artist.  One does not have to starve oneself but a practice in mindful fasting occasionally or  every so often is lucrative.  It seems that the Muse favors a slim existential viewpoint if not living arrangement altogether.  I walk a lot and think about writing.  I gave up driving for ecological reasons.  I felt that my footprint mattered in the most inconvenient ways yet I thrived, am thriving.  To gain control of the fire and fury is plus enough.  To write is to be rich!