Aren't the best things about Steely Dan the facts that: 1) their name comes from the name of an animated dildo in a William S. Burroughs Novel; 2) the way that you can adjust the balance on your stereo with one of their records; and, 3) how it's never really clear who or what's exactly going on within the stories being told in any of their songs? Apply that to writing and you'll begin to get an idea of my goals as a writer.