Some say being a writer is like being a deity — creator and destroyer of worlds. Kristen Lamb says being a writer is like being a serial killer.
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I love being a writer. It’s a world like no other and it’s interesting how non-writers are simultaneously fascinated and terrified of us. While on the surface, people seem to think that what we do is easy, deep down? There is a part that knows they’re wrong. That being a writer, a good writer, is a very dark place most fear to tread.
In fact, I think somewhere at the BAU, there’s a caveat somewhere. If you think you profiled a serial killer, double check to make sure you didn’t just find an author.
Hint: Check for empty Starbuck’s cups.
Writers, if you are NOT on a government watch list? You’re doing it wrong.
Seriously. I took out my knee last week (ergo the sudden dropping off the face of the blogosphere) which just left me a lot of free time to…
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For the record: this is a reblogging of a post by author Kristen Lamb. Only the introductory paragraph is mine.
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[…] to get my fingerprints processed, but it was closer to three. I was beginning to wonder if my FBI file was responsible for slowing things down. Writers do have odd search histories, after all, […]
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