#5:
The sickest thing I remember wanting to write about was the Columbine High School tragedy. What struck me deeply, as a writer, was the incident where one of the young gunmen whispered in a girl’s ear, “Do you believe in God.” When she replied, “yes,” he shot her, dead!

As I was watching the events unfold, I sat and wrote a short story. Unfortunately I have a fatal writer’s flaw, I cannot bring myself to exploit a tragedy for my own gain. Although it will never be read by anyone but myself, it was still an emotional catharsis of the event.
 
#8
There are days that I start writing at two or three in the morning and find myself still dressed in my jammies when the mailman delivers packages [usually books from Amazon.com] in the late afternoon.

#10:
I was on holiday to Florida a few years ago with a group of friends, and shortly after our meal was served, two ladies sat in a booth across from us. They were wonderfully loud, flamboyant, and dramatic. When I left, I introduced myself, bought them desert, and to their amusement, I thanked them for the great dialog.

#11:
If not for the bluebook tests [where you write your final exams essay-style in a little book with a blue cover], that I would never have graduated college. I loved turning an answer into a mini-story.

#13:
Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!

***** Come on, Expose yourself ...** how many of the scenarios on the “You Might Be A Writer If…” list that you are guilty of?

Dee-Marie