Daniel replies:

Think of you often, and your square dad. For what it's worth I have noticed this writing thing is more a mug's game even than it ever was. Going back pretty nearly forever it starts with trying sell art to business-heads, then the business-heads selling they know not what to actual people. The one making the art is, if fortunate, clueless. However, every time someone wins the big lottery it turns out they've been buying tickets every week for years and years. Others submit manuscripts to publishers. And, as they say, you've got to be in it to win it.