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Writer's Soapbox
Occupational Hazards of Writing
by: Jason C. McDonald |
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Many people probably consider writing to be a "safe" job, with few occupational hazards. Well, sure, there is the occasional minor injury, such as a paper cut, or that mark you get when you grab a pen the wrong way. But other than that, writing has few risks, right? Not quite. One of these hazards is in research. You grab the dictionary to look up a spelling for one word, and no one hears from you again. Unbeknownst to your relatives, you're still locked in your study, adding new and more colorful words to your vocabulary. Just as you finally figure out what a "pomander" is, the police show up, doing the welfare check that your spouse requested. There's also the risk of being arrested. One moment, you're discussing a murder plot with your critique partner in a diner, and the next, some cop flashes his badge and gives you a lift to the police station. He's convinced
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