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KATHERINE BRANDON (GINA'S ALTER EGO) |
...You Might Be a Writer (with apologies to Jeff Foxworthy) by Gina Ardito |
The following was an open discussion on the Romance Divas Writers' Forum. My gratitude to everyone there for allowing me to share. For more information about Romance Divas, visit www.romancedivas.com or their forum at http://forums.romancedivas.com If you have more pens in your purse than dollars ...you might be a writer. If you collect names from spam emails for future characters ...you might be a writer. If you buy baby name books even though you're long done having children ...you might be a writer. If you check your email before you check your kids' homework ...you might be a writer. If you're the only person in the emergency room jotting down details of the staff's activities ...you might be a writer. If your partner is jealous of your computer ...you might be a writer. If you've spent ten hours in your pajamas, drinking coffee, and consider it a productive work day ...you might be a writer. If, in the throes of passion, you pretend to be your heroine ...you might be a writer. If passing the stationery aisle in any store gives you a thrill ...you might be a writer. If you've crawled into a car's trunk to see how a dead body would fit ...you might be a writer. If you have to explain why you have pictures of hot male models mounted to your monitor ...you might be a writer. If you spend over $50 at the bookstore and call it research ...you might be a writer. If your first thought when you suffer an illness or injury is, "I have to remember what this feels like!" ...you might be a writer. If you not only buy those pretty blank books, but have filled several ...you might be a writer. If the voices in your head argue with each other ...you might be a writer. If you plot an annoying acquaintance's grisly murder ...you might be a writer. |