I’m reaching down deep for a post today. Mainly because I’ve been calling it in these last few days. So I’m going to give you something good. Even though I feel a little empty. But here goes. It’s a story I wanted to tell last week but didn’t.

It’s not a long story.

I was taught by some very famous writers. Really famous people. And one of them was a very good looking guy (okay, that picture wasn’t very cute) but believe me when I say this guy is really hot in person. And maybe it’s because he won the Pulitzer. Or maybe it’s his pretty green eyes. Whatever. The point is he was a hottie. And Gap asked him to do an ad. And they were going to pay him a lot of money. Like an amount of money that would mean most writers would never have to work again. And he said no. He said, “I’m a writer, not a model.”

That’s the story.

Here’s my epilogue.

What the fuck is wrong with being a writer and being a model? What is wrong with being a writer and being sexy? What’s wrong with taking some good looking pictures of yourself for the world to see? And getting paid for it. And this is Gap, not Hustler.

I’m so exhausted by writers taking themselves seriously and being ar-teests. If I hear one more writer grouse about not getting paid anything, I’m going run over myself with my own SUV. Take the money. Do the ad. Show the world that writers are sexy. People don’t bat an eye when sports stars collect a zillion dollars for pimping some shoes, or when actors or or singers do the same. Why not writers? Why are we all expected and wanting to look like a bunch of gumps (remember when gump was a word?). Well, I’m finished with it. Okay, I was finished with it about eight months ago, but work with me, people.

When I’m feeling a little lost in the world, at a crossroads, if you will, and I need an answer, there is a song I listen to. It reminds me of what’s important in this world. It reminds me of what my guiding inspiration is in this life as a writer, a blogger, a human. I listen to it and think, oh yes, this is my path in life.

Jesus, You Tube is showing me no love. Is it working for you all? If not, here’s a link to the song.