True. I've been working on one of my novels for 20 years. (I've written about a dozen during that time. None published, only short stories and essays published. So I have expended more than a little elbow grease.)
"Besides, after a short while, you'll be an expert and all the barflies will oooh and ahh as you regale them with tales of surfing the high seas of the 'net...three sheets to the wind at 4am whilst slingin' HTML code with naught but a Pentium II on a dial up. Arrrhhh."
I dunno, I think I'll be clinging to a dinghy...
I envy your stick-to-itiveness. I love to write. Crafting something that moves you, word by word. But I lack your dedication.
I have not yet decided or dared to make it my livelyhood...or even my number one hobby.
I've written some short stories. A couple of them are actually pretty good...by my estimation. Maybe someday I'll stumble on a really inspiring idea for that Great American novel.
Some years ago, I read some advice for budding writers;
"The first output is nothing, the habit everything." You seem to have conquered that aspect. You will succeed. Stick to it.