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Horror and Hangovers: I Envy Homeless Musicians

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Written by: Mack Moyer

I’m thirty-one years old. When I decided to dedicate my life to writing, I imagined that by my early-thirties I’d be living in a van, selling short stories for beer money.

That’s not to say I wanted to be a transient type, I just thought it would probably happen.

Now that I’m thoroughly not homeless, I’ve come to a stunning conclusion.

I don’t have that option.

Writers can’t be vagabonds anymore, even if we want to. It’s hard to do blog tours when you’re sleeping in an abandoned ice cream truck and cardboard boxes rarely have internet connections.

Sure, you can write in the car you’re sleeping in on a typewriter, or scrawl your novel by hand on napkins you stole from Burger King, but if we’re talking about having your work consumed, slightly appreciated, and maybe even get compensated for it, you just can’t do…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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