Semi-Daily Scribbles

Everyone is a writer. Everyone has a book to push. But who's reading this stuff? Here's a secret: very few people I met in the cubicles of Talley Insurance Company read. The reason is mostly a time thing, but most of the people I unscientifically polled had never been readers to begin with. If these people were able to squeeze extra minutes out of their 24 hours, the time was spent on the kids, or simply sitting in front of the TV to eventually nod off. When I told a colleague I write books, (yeah, yeah you've heard it before–insurance agent by day, writer by night) he asked: "Ew, why would you want to do that?" I think about this question a lot (with and without the 'Ew'). What is the answer? If I really must do it … well, … That thar be chicken scratch for another day.