Don't Be Fooled by All the Sitting

Writing is a physical activity

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This week I attended a book event in which the author described the first story he ever wrote—a lost leprechaun rushing to get home in time for St. Patrick’s Day. That kid grew up to write thrillers. Pretty good foreshadowing, no?

I, too, recall my first story. It was about an old woman in a nursing home who hated peas. T…