Hi! Welcome to Chapter 23.
Become evil. Rule the world. Maybe drink tea first and sit down for a bit.
“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”
― Anne Lamott
Insert Coins. Game Over. Continue?
This month, there’s writer’s roulette, truth or dare, and spin the bottle.
Ok, only one of those games is real.
Write Or Die — Writer’s Roulette
I play a writer’s version of Russian roulette where every month I have to write things and send them off to be considered for publication — in print or online — and the month that I fail to write, submit, or get anything published, I kill myself… How are you?
If that sounds a little melodramatic, extreme, or stupid, that’s because it is — but this is how my brain works and what it takes to get me writing.
I’ve been playing this game for a while now. So far, so good.
Some of the more observant among you will have noticed that all I’m really saying, in a grumpy and…
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