IF you suddenly realize you don’t remember when you last washed your hair because your waking hours have been spent at the computer….YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER.

IF you run to put down funny or interesting sayings your friends come out with, YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER.

IF there are times you’d rather go to the gym than write one more word, because the gym is easier, YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER.

IF you are introduced to someone and think, this would be a great character’s name in my book!, YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER.

IF you are hiking on a trail and see two people ahead of you, and later pass only one of them, and your first thought is, maybe he pushed her off the cliff, YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER.

IF your ex kept a list of things he didn’t like about you, and went to Cuba to ride bikes instead of trying to fix the relationship, and your first thought is, this would really enhance my memoir!, YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER.

IF you lie awake pondering how you might be able to write off a trip to Hawaii because “it’s research”, YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER.

IF you find yourself throwing in a phrase like “visitor use waxes and wanes like the moon” in your work emails, YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER.

IF you spend savasana in yoga class, instead of focusing on your breath, thinking of plot twists, YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER.

IF you are slogging through a blazing hot desert towards I-10 in a 45 mile an hour wind, carrying water you scooped out of a puddle, having run from Africanized bees, and think, this would make a great story for the blog!, YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER.