1. You begin to associate deadlines with pizza.
2. Your children learn to forage and do laundry before the age of five.
3. You're greeted with the Atomic Death Glare when asking spouse to predict the year's income.
4. You've been brainwashed into thinking of long walks, bookstore runs, vacant stares, and long intervals of computer solitaire as "work."
5. You're not at all freaked to find spouse using flashlight to take notes by bedside after a round of you-know-what.
6. You aren't sure if you own an ironing board.
7. "Vacations" are suspiciously timed to coincide with writers' conferences.
8. You don't find it unusual when spouse shakes you awake to ask if you'd find it plausible if dead body's fingers popped off after being slammed by the trunk lid of a '94 Buick.
9. The only royalty you bow and scrape to comes in an envelope.
10. You've learned you can get your spouse to agree to most anything while she's in a writing trance... but don't expect her to remember later.
Okay, writers. For the sake of our long-suffering spouses out there, what would you add to the list?
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escape to the past with a romantic adventure...
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You know your parent's a writer when you shove the laptop into her hands and say, "Mommy, you need to go to the coffee shop and write. You're too grumpy."
I'd add one... when you can't sit on the couch because it's covered with important paperwork and books. And, sorry, it's gonna be there for another day or two.
Excellent post!
LOL on the Levis experiment. Sounds like something I'd do.
Suzan,
My son was a fast learner, too, in that dept. It's a survival instinct!
Glad you stopped by, Jennifer & Nancy! Thanks for the kind words.
What would I add? You get your head snapped off when you stick it in the office to ask what's for dinner.
The dust bunnies make Chubacka look like an Ewok.
P.J. Mellor
Dates out involve trips to bookstores to sign books.
When she come to bed late every night, claims she's in love with a new hero, and you aren't jealous.
I agree with everything already said--love the one from the erotic writer. My husband could totally commiserate. LOL
I'll add on to the comment about dust bunnies: you know you're married to a writer when you mention "dust bunnies" when someone asks what kind of pets do you own.
And, you know you're married to a writer when you almost start believing the statement, "It's not about the money, honey."
:)Becca
:-) Sorry, the oldies but goodies still work.
TJB
And LOL, TJ! I haven't heard that one.