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Ten Things Never to Say to A Writer

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Pages written since last post: 25 Books uploaded to Kindle: Under Cover He was one of the most notorious racketeers on the East Coast. She was a cop who wanted nothing more than to see him behind bars. But just how far was she willing to go to get her man? Recently I was on a panel at which one of the questions was: What do you hear most often when people find out you’re a writer? My answer was, “ Oh yeah? How come I never heard of you?” This got a few laughs, but it also caused me to start thinking about some of the other conversation-stoppers I’ve heard from people over the years. Here are just the top ten: 10. “Have you ever written anything I’ve read?” The unsuspecting writer has only two possible responses to this. The first is, “Umm, how would I know?” and the second—more common—response is to hang his head in shame, mutter, “Probably not.” and slink off to the bar. 9. “I always wanted to write a book but I never had the time.” My standard pithy reply to this is a ...