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July 07, 2004

Drinks

So I'm sitting at my favorite coffee bar -- which, OK, is also a BAR bar -- and the guy sitting next to me brazenly ordered at 1 o'clock a Maker's Mark. A Maker's Mark!

It was like a challenge I couldn't turn down. I couldn't stop staring at his drink, I was so tempted. I mean aren't fiction writers supposed to drink? I'm a fiction writer, right? Didn't Hemingway do this all the time? There was no reason for me not to order a drink.

So I did.

The bad news is that it didn't help my writing. The good news is that it didn't hurt it either. Hmmm. . . this may lead to far more interesting afternoons. . .

The Maker's Mark guy on the other hand is curled up on the couch almost asleep, barely able to work. Amateur!

Posted by karenceliafox at July 7, 2004 04:51 PM
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i like how you've glided over the fact that you drank a pint of vodka... or that you chased it with a yuengling... or that you kept buying the guy shots of makers mark, to keep him nice and sedated.

Posted by: mike d at July 7, 2004 05:01 PM

Writing fiction is not about telling the TRUTH! Puhleez!

(And I bought him NO Maker's Mark. None. He is just a lightweight.)

Posted by: Karen at July 7, 2004 05:04 PM

that's what we call a classic non-denial denial. i notice you didn't rule out any other class/brand of beverage...

Posted by: mike d at July 7, 2004 05:11 PM

Amateur hour!

For the last two years I have only two rules:

a) get up before noon
b) don't drink till after noon

solution: set alarm for 11:59, first beer/vodka tonic by 12:01

Posted by: wyan at July 9, 2004 02:08 PM