Ten Signs That You May Be an Author
Ten signs you may be an author:
1. You spend time downloading a word cloud app. and enter your book’s outline just to see what it will make.
2. You make mental notes of people who have wronged you so you can kill them off in your book.
3. It’s almost 4 and you are still in your pjs and you didn’t even know it. (And note to yourself that at least you took a shower last night, which you sometimes forget to do for days on end because you’re thinking of another place and time.)
4. You’ve spent hours researching seemingly unrelated topics such as Egyptian symbols, Hawaiian words, nautical lingo and laws, and pictures of Jason Momoa.
(Hey, I didn’t say the time was wasted!)
5. You type away at the keyboard, unaware that you are saying things like “Yes! Awesome!” and “Ohhh, that’s total crap!”
6. Keyboard pattern imprinted on forehead.
7. Family members walk in on you as you reenact fight scenes and they don’t think anything of it.
8. You yell at your family to eat leftovers for dinner because  you have something more important to do. You must get this story written tonight for your beta readers!
9. Your wrists ache and your butt is numb, but you must finish the work because you are a “professional” even though you’ve never earned a dime.
10. You waste time making top ten lists when you should be writing.
Posted in Uncategorized by VP with 14 comments.
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I’m glad you could leave a comment. You’ve helped me a lot today. 🙂
All these signs are true! And now I shall try to get these keyboard prints off my forehead. 🙂
Yay, good to see you here too, Marta. I was hoping you’d be able to comment.
I think it takes a special family to be able to put up with us writers. 🙂
Wow, the site’s looking great! Wonderful list. I’ve never actually been caught in the fight scene thing, but I’ve wondered how zany I must look. And #9 is sad but too true. I’ve found more money in the street than I’ve made writing.
Vaughn, do you reenact any of your fight scenes? You have so many epic ones, I’d think you’d get exhausted!
I was just doing it yesterday. 🙂 I even have two short blades I use to make sure the motions ring true. (Shhh – Don’t tell Mo I do it in the house.)
You can also play Poppit. Or Bookworm. But you have to think to play Bookworm, and with Poppit you can set your brain on autopilot and just click and click and click.
I like your website Valerie.
Thanks! It’s always a work in progress.
This is scary close to the truth around here. Guess it applies to book publicists too.
I think it’s nice that we’re all kind of crazy together. It’s comforting to know that there are others who understand. 🙂