Possible Clues:

• Writer says 'I set out ...
• The venturer sits easy? Uneasily!
• Lamb, for example in casseroles, say, I stewed
• Writer on various subjects
• Having set off, say, is a writer
• Writer endlessly opposes getting state involved
• Lamb is easy to cook, by the way
• Writer, for example, is included among the elite when book is out
• Bacon, e.g.
• Writer of little prose pieces