Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for February 27, 2021

Tweed jackets with elbow patches for everyone.

I would wait before you order the Algonquin Round Table

How do you feel about Raggedy Ann and Andy getups?

Omnipresent fancy strong coffees and pastries. Charcuterie trays and wine when you get older.

Develop an accent and practice ringing for the butler.

Drinking espresso… Berets, perhaps. Writers stopped wearing ascots decades ago. I think they’re reserved for the guy who hangs around with a talking dog and solves mysteries.

It depends on what Mom’s book says about you. I mean, being a muse is hard work. You don’t want to harsh the vibe.

Hmm… I wonder how the long white streak running from the first pane to the second one came to be.

Ooo…I can see an interesting arc happening.1. Book is published 2. Bestseller3. Offer for movie rights4. Mom becomes a screenwriter 5. Move to California?

Hmmmmm….

Get real Katy, they’re authors, not mimes!

How long before the kids feel like they must become writers because both their parents are?

Hey kids asked for a bigger allowance… :^)

Two-author families are rare. The only one I can think of is Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. :)

Well 1 and a half authors in the family.

I think both. An ascot with beret would be tres chic.

They’ll have to start drinking, I think…

While its been fun watching Adam squirm between ecstatic and jealous, I think we can hold off on officially dubbing Linda as an “author parent” until she’s had her second fit of inspiration, I think for now we can refer to her as “career woman, mother and published author”