Writer Interrupted

Oftentimes, life interrupts in writing. For instance, today there's about eight inches of snow on the ground and so the schools are called off. Thus, one concentrated writing day turns into 20% juice, made from concentrate. But, on the upside, I get some nice exercise shovelling snow the old fashioned way. One of my favorite reasons for being a writer is freedom. Freedom to take a day, an hour, a week off whenever you want/need to. Now, don't get me wrong, I have to make it up somewhere, but it's a very flexible occupation.

There's some writing news today, nothing that's more interesting than shovelling snow, though, and in current events, Fox Television has contracted Bin Laden and al-Zarqawi to star in the new version of The Simple Life: Bound for America! It's the story of two, whacky star-crossed terrorists who team up, trying to make their way into the home of the free and brave, by whatever means necessary. In our first episode, Bin Laden has his Sidekick hacked by the CIA, and the messages are leaked to the Internet. Around the world, Al Quaida members and Dr. Doom work frantically to change their cell numbers. Meanwhile, back in the Airstream trailer, tooling around the desert sands of Iraq and Iran, al-Zarqawi works to find a name that's easier for his publicity people to spell.

So, for now, I'm off to shovel. Will talk more tomorrow.