Via Ellen Kushner I discovered this fine post on the daft things that people say to you when they discover that you are a writer.

It reminds me rather of the journalists who emailed me after my Hugo win asking of they could interview me and ask me really important questions such as “which TV characters do you most like to dress up as?” Because, as we all know, that’s what science fiction fans do.

I should also add that while immigration into the Summer Country is still relatively benign, if you are entering the USA one of the things you must never, ever say is “I am a writer.”