by Rebecca Drake
Dear Santa,
While recognizing that World Peace probably isn’t realistic to expect from one small man and eight long-in-the-tooth reindeer, I thought you might be willing to consider these other items on one writer’s wish list:
Hours of uninterrupted time
A beautiful pen, preferably Mont Blanc, rollerball, black ink
A high-end office chair that also massages and works my abs
Gift certificates to bookstores
A daily calendar with inspiring quotes
A house elf to dust and clean overnight
All of Shakespeare’s plays and the time to read them
Ditto William Stafford’s poetry
Ditto my friends’ books
Moleskine notebooks, large and small
Subliminal Spanish Language CD’s so while sleeping I could finally learn the language I supposedly studied for more than 4 years
My need for sleep miraculously reduced to 3 hours
A Timbuk2 bag
A daily walk on the beach
Scary music CD’s to play while writing creepy scenes
Healthy meals delivered to my office door three times a day without interruption
An answering service that tells everyone, “She still loves you, but she won’t be available until…”
Thank you for your consideration and I promise to be very, very good between now and December 25th.
5 comments:
You forgot unending story ideas and deadline extensions on request!
A new computer. No matter if a writer's computer is 2 days old, there's always a better one on the horizon. Wireless, virus free, voice activated....and loaded with an encouraging voice that ocassionally cries, "You're the best! I can't wait to see what happens next!"
I ditto the healthy meal delivery! When I was eating macrobiotic, I paid someone to cook three dinners a week. SO wonderful.
Me too, Santa! Me too!
Oh, yes, I definitely need those on the list, Annette and Nancy!
I have a six-month-old iBook G4, but I'm sure there is something new out there. Mac's don't chirp "You're the best," but they do have this hilarious ring when you hit the save button that sounds like you've accomplished something major.
Wow, the luxury of paying someone to make dinner...sounds like heaven, Tory
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