Here’s a story about the dangers of being a writer – specifically, a crime writer….
I have large flip chart sheets stuck up on my wall with a list of ‘Victims’ and murder methods and motives and lines and quotes – mostly to do with murder and for the latest one ‘I’m not evil but I will be if you want me to be’ scribbled all over it. This is an aide memoire for my work, so I don’t forget something important.
Normally, I take these down when someone visits. However, in lockdown I’ve got out of that habit as no-one visits. I just leave them there and forget about them.
But this week, I had someone in to do some repairs. It was only after I left I realised that a) I hadn’t taken down the list of victims and murder methods and b) I had not explained, at all, that I’m a crime writer. As far as he’s concerned, I’m just an ordinary person with a list of victims and proclamations about evil on my wall…
So I guess the message is – always make sure to tell everyone you’re a writer and not an insane weirdo hatching a murder plot (of course there have been some crime writers who did also murder people, but that’s another story)
The House at Baker Street by Michelle Birkby
The Women Of Baker Street
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