Being a Writer is Fun
Today I called my mechanic and told him I needed a car to make an annoying sound for a few days or weeks and then die. I explained that this was for a story and I did not intend to actually make a car do this. After a while we decided that the timing belt was making that kind of rubbing, ticking noise it can sometimes make in domestic cars before it snaps. And of course, once it snaps, your car is toast.
Given what people usually call their mechanic for, this was quite nice. (My mechanic is a person of immense patience and good humor.)
Given what people usually call their mechanic for, this was quite nice. (My mechanic is a person of immense patience and good humor.)
posted by Maureen McHugh at 3:20 PM
5 Comments:
I have long said that people will tell you anything if it's for something you're writing. It's nice you have a good mechanic to go to for such data, though.
Madeleine speaks the truth.
What on earth does SM (in MCQSM) stand for? Not the obvious, obviously.
McQism, only sans vowels--but blogger doesn't allow lower case in the title of the blog.
If it's sans vowels, then it could just as easily be "McQismo." I like that.
Isn't McQSM is an acronym? I thought it stood for
Mystical
Cheesy
Quadrivivium
Series-wound
Maraca
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