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A writer needs a dog. Cats, goldfish, laptops,
granddaughters etc. are all very well in their place, but
truly, anyone who wants to be a writer needs to get a dog.
And not only because they make a glamorous accessory for a
romance writer.
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For a start dogs make great critique partners.
Read your work aloud to them. They'll either wag their tails
to show how much they enjoyed it, or they'll fall asleep (needs
a bit more action), or they'll start scratching (it's embarrassingly
bad.)
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And there's more. A dog will guard you while you work.
They start this when very young...
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She'll guard your laptop when you're
working in bed and go out to make a coffee. |
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She can watch a cat who might be planning to walk on your
computer keys and thus ruin a whole day's work.
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A dog will protect you from wild vampire
monkeys.
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She'll even mind your duck while you're writing -- and you
know how important that is.
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She'll don a spangled bandana to choose
contest winners.
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And a dog will look at you in such a way that you simply
cannot spent a whole day hunched over a keyboard - you have
to take her for lots of walks, and thus you'll keep fit,
get lots of fresh air, and meet nice people -- dog people
are very cool.
So if you want to be a writer— get a dog!
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