You Know You're a Writer When . . .

By: Adair Lara

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Synopsis: A collection of reflections on the nature of what it means to be a writer. How do you find out what being a writer means to those who really are writers? You ask them. In this book, Adair Lara shares what the ink-stained, carpal-tunneled, slightly dazed, word struck people she knows had to say. You know you&’re a writer when . . . . . . You&’ll never forgive your parents for your happy childhood. . . . The doctor tells you that you have terminal cancer, and you think, &“I can use this.&” . . . You accidentally sign a check with your pen name. . . . You know more than ten synonyms for &“blue.&” . . . You write your Christmas letter as if it were War and Peace. Many readers will recognize themselves in this collection of observations about the eccentric, quirky, word-obsessed condition that is being a writer.