I may not look like a Writer but I play one on the Internet

27 Dec
2009


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I reflected on this the other day because every time I tell some­one that I am a writer I always get the “Mmmhmm” face. You know what I’m talk­ing about. That “Mmmhmm, yeah right” face. Here’s a exam­ple of a typ­i­cal con­ver­sa­tion when this hap­pens:

Them: Do you have the day off from work today?

Me: I work from home.

Them: Oh really? That must be nice. Girl, Wal-​mart has me work­ing these long hours and even though it snowed, child I still had to come in.

Me: I’m sorry to hear that.

Them: What do you do?

Me: I’m a writer.

Them: *Mmmhmm face with the raised eye­brow*

Me: I am.

Them: Have you ever writ­ten a book?

Me: Well no..but I am work­ing on one right now…

Them: *audi­ble* Mmmhmm

Me: I have a blog. You can read it if you like.

Them: Thank you for shop­ping at Walmart. Have a good day. Next in Line!

It is at that point that I have to walk away feel­ing like..you guessed it.. a lit­er­ary nobody. Once again I failed to prove that I am a writer. So I have devised a plan. We writ­ers, need a uni­form! Everybody has uni­forms.

Policeman

Firemen

This dude

But, not writ­ers. Even artists wear berets and smocks. Tweed jack­ets with the the suede elbow pads? Owned by teach­ers and pro­fes­sors. We don’t carry around huge pen­cils or pens which is a good thing any­way because huge pens mean huge ink stains and I would hate to have to be the one to wash them out.

We have no phys­i­cal char­ac­ter­is­tic or cloth­ing that dis­tin­guishes us from any­one else. So, how do we make our­selves stand out?

Let me hear from you. What do you think would make a good uni­form for a writer?

Thanks for read­ing,

Literary Nobody
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Toya Bryant aka Literary Nobody is a Freelance Writer/Blogger who promotes positive thinking and actions within the community and the family. She also writes about the positives and negatives of technology, internet security and social media.

  • http://books.capeinhand.net Jeanette.Nicole

    I’m think­ing some­thing involv­ing feath­ers as a hat tip to the plumes writ­ers in the days of yore used, haha. Or maybe just a t-​shirt that says “I am a writer…yes this is my day job.”

    Oh how I wish I had the need to wear that one. One day…

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  • http://welcomewhitefolks.blogspot.com car­leen

    um hello?! paja­mas, of course.

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    LOL I totally agree Carleen…pj’s are my daily uni­form

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    LOL we could look very Shakespearean lol. I would looooove to have that tshirt though. I would have one for every day of the week lol. Thanks for the com­ment LQ :)

  • http://winsloweliot.com/ Winslow

    Haha — my uni­form is paja­mas! And beyond the uni­form: what about our “Office Space”? When I bought my lap­top I explained to the sales atten­dant at BestBuy that I needed it because I wrote in bed, and she looked HORRIFIED. It was hard not to feel utterly ashamed and ‘nobody-​ish’!

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    LOL I know right lol. It’s a great feel­ing though to be lazy and pro­duc­tive at the same time lol.

  • http://sgtmcclain.net SGTMcClain

    Its the same look I get from peo­ple when I say I design pro­grams and dig­i­tal art­work. I cre­ated my own uni­form though inspired by Mark Zuckerberg I have started buy­ing hood­ies from wal-​mart and cut­ting the sleeves off!!! They only cost 5 bucks and I def­i­nitely stand out.

  • http://www.literarynobody.com/ Literary Nobody

    See now I envi­sion you as a techy super­hero lol. I wish there was like a grad­u­a­tion cap we could wear at all times or a lab coat that would sig­nify what we do lol.

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