Taxis

 

Life is like a taxi. The meter keeps ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still. — Lou Erickson.

Last night stuck in traffic from O’Hare to downtown Chicago I remembered Erickson’s words.

We’ve all been there, call it writer’s block, a rut at work, a relationship stuck in a routine, etc. Yet time keeps on ticking.

When I get stuck writing, I go back to the last few pages when it was working, and tinker with those pages until I remember what I had going.

Maybe there is a life lesson there?

 

 

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About the author

Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.