The Go-Go's: Go-Go's Of Your Dreams
Susan Whitall, Creem, December 1982
DEEP IN the soul of every writer lies a secret: what does the writer do to avoid writing? I'll empty my brain pan now: I clean every surface, animate or inanimate, in my living space. Having let dust and slime pile up happily since the last story, suddenly I become a whirling dervish who could put hausfrau Pat "Windex" Benatar-Geraldo to shame.
Total word count of piece: 2704
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