SUMMER WITH THE SLUG RATS
A Life of Quiet Perspiration
“Living a life of quiet perspiration,” I said to myself as I
opened my laptop.
Brat Boy overheard me and asked, “Isn’t it ‘a life of quiet
desperation’?”
“That’s the original quote,” I agreed, “But a life of quiet
perspiration is working a little harder than you have to, without burning out,
or shortchanging your family. It can be really rewarding.”
“I get the perspiration part, but why quiet, other than if
fits with the quote?”
“Because if you’re doing it for the applause, you’re likely
to be disappointed. You gotta do it
because you want to, because the effort is rewarding now and the results may be
someday.”
“So you keep writing fiction, even though your last royalty
check was for $1.43.”
“An accurate if painful example,” I said.
Today I will live a life of quiet perspiration.
Summer with the Slug
Rats © 2020 by Ken Montrose
Summer with the Slug
Rats is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone
you might know is purely coincidental.
Other works
by Ken Montrose are available at:
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