June 8, 2008

THE WRITING LIFE

Is that a .22 in your hand, KJ, or are you just happy to be researching?

To me, one of the best things about being a writer is that it gives you license to be interested in just about anything. And more often than not, people are happy to help … to share the little idiosyncracies of their professions or fields of interest.

Another good thing about the Writing Life? Friends. Fellow writers who ‘get’ you like no one else can. Like KJ Howe above. Who else but a fellow writer of suspense would drop everything and fly out west to muck around in the B.C. bush and play with guns and knives? And who better to rehash the rather interesting trip with?

Thanks Kim, for slumming it with me. Shan’t forget this one