You know you’re a writer when…final part!
1. You have a working spouse who brings in the rent.
2. You’re afraid that you’re too well-adjusted to be a writer, so you wear black to compensate.
3. You keep a bad job because it’s good material.
4. You envy Oscar Wilde and his last words, “Either this wallpaper goes or I do.”
5. If they paid you not to write, you would write anyway.
6. At parties, you check out other people’s bookshelves, the way other people snoop through medicine cabinets.
7. You catch yourself patting your laptop, when you close it down.
8. You think of eavesdropping as research.
9. You get a book idea while washing the dishes.
10. You keep a notebook under your pillow.
Again, Olive, all too true, especially checking the bookshelves one.
Nice cartoon!
I love that Oscar Wilde quote 馃檪 You should definitely dress in a uniform of black. And a beret.
Yes! So true. Especially No. 3. Many bad jobs have been maintained just for the sake of material. And eavesdropping is most definitely research.
Cool post, Olive. Thanks for making me smile.
Hmmm, 3, 6 and 9 definitely pertain to me. You also know you’re a writer when you write your ideas on your hands, napkins, bills-because your notebook is on vacation.
Ha. Brilliant. Love all these! Patting the laptop, that’s sweet.
I have to say, I am a bookshelf scanner. Watch your books, if I spy something that grabs my interest!!!
@Brigid; I know:) I’m guilty of that too.
@R贸is铆n; If only a beret would suit me! Alas, it would not 馃榾
@Karen; hear hear!
@Cindy; I’ve written on napkins too!
@Alison; I thought it was kind of cute too, it’s like my best friend and my worst enemy all at the same time.
@Ann; I’ll consider myself forewarned, lol.
Yes to No 7 – pats, and little cries of ‘poor little computer’ when the fan whirrs like a jet taking off! (read with shamed face)
I just came over from Brigid’s blog. Glad I did.
Not only can I relate to the cartoon, but the entire list. One exception: I have a notebook NEXT to my pillow. #3 is the whole point of my blog. Oscar Wilde has a perfect quote for everything!
@Niamh; haha, had a dodgy computer like that a couple of months ago, the fan went completely kaputt.
@Theresa; Thanks for visiting:) I enjoyed your blog, look forward to your updates:)
Ohh, I see myself in so many of them. I’m not sure about the bad job though. I might go for the eavesdropping as research, heh. Not that… err, no excuses here, lol! ;P
Great post! 馃檪
Oh my word…laughed out loud! so true! i definitely give gratitude to my lap top and half the time write in dreams and hence the notebook is next to the pillow. Loved this.
@Annie; Thanks for visiting, glad you liked it:) It’s also good to know sometimes that writers often have the same quirky little habits!
@Mariana; Of course research, lol.
Hi, found you through Barbara Scullys Blog, I had to comment when I read about the laptop patting! Didnt even realise it was something I did till I read your post, at least I’m not alone! I got 8 out of 10 and a good laugh, Thanks!