Karl Whitney: What shoes should a writer choose?
Karl Whitney, author and writer
Any writing career, like any life, has its ups and downs. Over time, I’ve learned to anticipate the low points — the times when little to no money is coming in and you have to tough it out until things get better. One of the things I tend to do, now, when I get the distinct sensation that I’m on the downslope, is to invest in shoes.
There’s nothing worse, when you find yourself with very little money, than finding out that the shoes you bought on sale a few months before are falling apart, or leaking, or squeaking, or that key parts of their structure are made from cardboard and cheap glue. They looked like a bargain then, but now they seem like a curse. I still have a box of shoes rendered imperfect over time that I still delude myself might be salvageable if I find the right cobbler. I live in hope.
