Showing posts with label writer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writer. Show all posts

Friday, February 1, 2013

Reality of life with a writer

Me: "This story started out pretty lighthearted, but it got darker."
B: "Uh-huh."
Me: "Yeah! Now I'm giving the hero a traumatic injury and a tortured backstory and all sorts of fun stuff! I need to figure out if there's any other ways I can mess him up."
B: "..."
Me: "..."
B: "Well, this was disturbing."

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Coffeeeeeeee

If you are a writer and your body fluids aren't comprised of at least 70% coffee, you are a better woman than I.

Coffee isn't the only thing I drink - I like tea too, and I do occasionally have an energy drink - but it's what I have most often. My family is European, so drinking coffee is just a part of our daily lives. We drink it in the morning, during the day, and at night.

Sometimes I'll hear people saying that too much caffeine is bad for your heart, but then I see things like this:



I can only assume that I am going to live forever
 

Let's be honest, though, my desperate craving has nothing to do with supposed health benefits. This picture from explodingdog.com says it best: