If Don Martin Publishes a Story in the Middle of the Woods
And there’s nobody around to read it, would it still be a pantload?
And there’s nobody around to read it, would it still be a pantload?
Let's call it a perfect storm for a writer.
Let's say for a minute, Don is a writer.
Let's further say one day he states he’ll promote his stories like crazy. Then let's say spring break happened. Let's say a bunch of kids and grandkids came to his house for break. Let's say he was having fun, too.
Let's reveal that this was also the time his “first draft” box caught fire, being too close to a relative’s campfire.
We might note he was subsequently beset by a case of the vapors for which there was little explanation, save the activity in his writing area.
Based on his journalistic output during this period, can Don still be called a writer?
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