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You Know You Are Writer
When...
By Kerrie
Flanagan
It is impossible for you to read a book without a red pen in hand, so you can
edit the already published and edited book.
You go to set the table and you find ideas you had jotted down on a napkin-- a
cloth napkin.
You dread facing the blank computer screen so much that you you'd rather pick
the grime out of your stove with a toothpick, then sit down and start writing.
You get a SASE in the mailbox and you either rip it open right then and there to
get the good/bad news or you let it sit on your desk for a week because you are
afraid to see what is inside.
You find yourself saying, "Gee Beth, I'm sorry your dog died, can I write a
story about it?"
You move your bed into the dining room and your computer into your bedroom, so
you can claim your bedroom as a home office on your taxes.
You eagerly anticipate the release of the new Writer's Market and then
when you do get it, you reverently place it next to the family Bible.
You become so engrossed in your writing that you constantly embarrass your
children because you're still in your pajamas when you pick them up from school.
Your fictional characters become so real that you start adding them to your
prayer list.
You walk into your bedroom at night and your spouse has set the mood with
candles, flower, and music, all for a romantic evening and you say, "Not tonight
honey, I've got to keep writing."
Kerrie Flanagan is a freelance writer and the director of Northern Colorado
Writers. Visit
www.kerrieflanagan.com.
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