I want to be an author, but everyone else already did it

Every now and then, when I am in one of my less lucid and thus more
fantasy-prone states of mind (non-substance related, I assure you) I
get the urge to write a book. I get excited and determined about it,
then I fall asleep. I think it is a cruel irony that I am most
ambitious right before I doze off. C'est la vie. Or however you spell
that.

These delusions remain, albeit in a faded state, for a little while,
generally until I read something that I know I could never match in
quality. Occasionally, these diluted delusions (ha!) are killed by
hearing about people who use their celebrity to dabble in the creative
arts, thereby selling more copies in a day than I could give away in a
lifetime.

On The Today Show, the Mannings (all the football ones) showcased
their new children's book, "Family Huddle." It is a relief to know if
the quarterback thing doesn't pan out, at least they still have their
literary pursuits.