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1. You might be a writer if you have ever diagrammed a sentence for fun. Bonus points if you ever spent half an hour crafting a paragraph-long, Faulknerian knot of a sentence to make it "really fun."
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8. You might be a writer if all or most of your wardrobe can serve equally well as either daywear or pajamas.
9. You might be a writer if, upon moving to a new town, you have ever signed up for a library card before getting your utilities turned on.
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Read the parts of the list I left out on the website...or come up with your own. 

#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.

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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.

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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

Let's see . . .

#5:  My school had nazi teachers and the vice principal was an abusive bytch, so alot of my stories involve revolutionaries/anarchists vs. opressive governments.  Does that count?  Actually, after that my life hasn't been very violent or stessful at all, but oddly enough my stories have some really horrible violence: lots of beatings and fights, some torture, one has a plot that centers around organ theives.

#8:  I'm wearing a baggy t-shirt and a pair of sweat pants right now and that's my standard outfit.

#10:  Not very often but a remark I made in a cafe years ago caught the attention of a writer who was there with her notebook.  She asked me if she could use it and I said yes.

#12:  Misspelled signs make me laugh.  My mom's friend sent her a slide show full of mistakes like that and it's still funny to me.  SOTP.

DEEMARIE: When you make it on the OPRAH show with your book, make SURE ya' wear nice p.j.'s. WINK. T.P.

Hey Lexa ... Too much fun! Thanks for sharing.

Hi TP ... I promise to wear my PJs if Oprah will wear her's. We will have a PJ party in your honor :]

Dee-Marie

Numbers 8 and then 11-13 from that original list are so eerily close to home that it's rather frightening!

What a great list! I'm surprised I missed this when it was first posted!

DEEMARIE:  Even grumpy, old T.P. would PAY for  you tuesday for a SIGNED book by Miss DeeMarie. WINK. My best to you and yours, kind soul. T.P./brian.