You either have it, or you don’t. The compulsion to share things through the medium of text. Some people have it so strongly that it becomes an addiction.

Fortunately, it is non-fattening, and doesn’t kill brain cells.

It can get in the way of life sometimes though. And it can be expensive – after all, a laptop and extra batteries and power equipment to keep it running everywhere aren’t cheap!

How do you know if you are addicted? Take a hot bath. By the time you are done, you’ll know. If you spend the entire half hour soaking in the tub thinking about your next story, column, blog post, forum comment, or book title, you’re hooked.

If you go through the grocery store and get a funny cashier who makes you smile, and you think, “I’m gonna blog about that!”, or if you have one of those days that makes you grind your teeth, and you are thinking of clever ways to write about it in the middle of it, then you are definitely addicted.

It isn’t a bad thing, unless your husband starts asking, “Are you going to write about THIS, too?” There are some things we simply do not share…