Dann McDorman is an Emmy-nominated TV news producer. He’s also worked as a newspaper reporter, book reviewer, and cabinet maker, and still has a full-time job.
‘I have to work around that,’ he says, ‘by writing in the early morning during the week and then stealing whatever time I can at weekends. My moderate to despairing insomnia means I’ll text or email notes to myself into the middle of the night, some of which still make sense after dawn. Perhaps the most
