1. A Tale of Two Hippies
Benjamin Zadik 7:15 AM
There are two kinds of people who write books: those who have a passion for literature and knowledge, and those who have been told "You, of all people, should never write a book, hippie!"
Rarely am I called a hippie, but on this particular day I was unshaven, unshowered, and inexplicably emanating the power of love, so I cannot fault him there. But I am decidedly in the latter 🪜 camp. Writing a book out of spite was never my goal. Now, it is my mission. 🚀
I am going to write a children’s book and publish it online in the next 6 months.
Yes, I am also going to shave and shower. Why does everyone keep pointing that out?
Would writing a children’s book make me an author? I am unsure of the technical difference between a writer of children’s books and a children’s book author, but I assume it has something to do with wearing a loose-fitting sweater vest 👨🏻🏫 and slurping a cup of chamomile tea 🫖 between page turns as you read your pamphlet-length opus before a gaping crowd of amused toddlers. My favorite part in this fantasy is when you wet your index finger oh so naturally to unstick the current page from the next. 👉🏼📖
🧐 Authors are classy. The sweater-vested, doubly so.
Admittedly, it’s my own bias. As a child I felt that certain professions just took themselves too seriously. What is a pilot if not a highfalutin bus driver? A surgeon is just a veterinarian who works with people. And a veterinarian is surely just a psychic who thinks she can intuit what an animal feels. Certainly I am not taking career advice from a psychic!
Anyone can write. I have been writing since the age of six. My command of the English language is BIG. And this is a children’s picture book — like 25 pages, tops.
The best thing about becoming an author? It’s the quiet victory of accomplishing something you were told you would never (or should never) do. 😏
Perhaps there is another kind of person who writes books: someone with an actual story to tell.
I just need an 💡 idea. And I know just where to look.
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👁️🗨️ Good eye
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