Nah, that's too cool to be true...

Just meandering from this post to that post, I'm getting the impression that when they're here, logged on to this board, my fellow writers are checking their mental "I'm working industriously" status box -- not the "I'm goofing off when I should be working but at least it looks like I'm working" box that I mentally check off.

I feel lightheaded with joy and relief!

But it's okay if you have to tell me I'm off-base. I can take it.

-pkpk

What? Us goofing off? You gotta be skidding.

You caught me -- I am skidding!

And I guess the name "Water Cooler" says it all. We're hard at work and we need a drink. It's a time to connect with your colleagues, a place to bounce ideas around, an alternative to staring at my screen thinking how dumb everything I write is.

So I don't have to feel guilty. Although I guess there are limits.

-pkpk

heh--paprika, you'd be amazed at how much real work DOES get done here. Writing groups form, WIPs get discussed and critted, ideas bounced around, writing theory dissected, and rules of grammar (our tools of the trade) argued as if language were (...was?...errr...never mind) our religion. Go figure.

Welcome!