Old-Fashioned Fruitcake
Can you think of any area in your life where you wish you had greater self-control?
I’ve got one that leaps straight to mind: reading! I am a habitual, almost compulsive reader, and I would like to have better self-control about that. Also getting out of bed at a sensible time in the morning – not so late that I feel like I’ve wasted half the day, but not so early that I feel like a zombie for the rest of the day either.
Supposing you were to assume a nom de plume (or nom de whatever it is you don’t want to be caught doing under your personal name). What would it be?
Try this generator if you’re stuck for ideas, and be sure to share the cream of the crop in the comments!
If you had to pick only one kind of creature as a companion for your future life, what would you pick? The traditional cat or dog? The slightly less common bird, fish or rabbit? What about a lobster, like Nerval, or an ermine, like Cecilia Gallerani? What’ll it be?
