A Difficult Subject We'd Rather Not Talk About: Are Writers Prone To Jealousy?

Francisco de Goya, the one and only! This is how he depicted the writer, poet and influential figure of the Spanish Enlightenment, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos. I have no reason to assume he was a jealous writer. I just adore Goya!

Writers are ego-driven, self-absorbed, navel-gazing, backbiting creatures prone to bouts of professional jealousy and envy—o…