The Big Brick Review

Building on the narrative of our lives...one brick at a time.

The Boss

by Georgia Beers

LIFE IS ALL about building.

Every day we build on something, whether we realize it or not, whether we intend to or not. Our lives. Our homes. Our jobs. Our families. Building, building, building, all the time. And we writers? We got to the extreme. We are extreme builders. Not only do we build on aspects of our own lives, but we build on different parts of our projects. If we write fiction, we build on the lives, jobs, and families of our characters, as well as the plot of the story. If we write non-fiction, we build on the order and structure of our piece, the layout and the pacing. As writers, we are never not building.

Embrace it. Embrace that inner contractor. You are the construction company of your life, and as a writer, you are the construction company of every project you create, from the ground up. You are the architect; you create the original design and the blueprints. You’re the mason and the builder. You sink the foundation and erect the walls, lay the floors, hang the ceilings.

You’re the interior and exterior designer, choosing colors and fixtures, furniture and landscaping. And finally, you are the real estate agent, pitching the overall project to the buyer.

You do it all.

Every aspect of building is overseen by you, the extreme builder. The boss.

Be proud.

Own that shit.

Georgia Beers is a Lambda and Goldie award-winning author and editor of lesbian fiction. Born and raised in Rochester, New York, she still lives there with her partner of twenty years, their two dogs, and a cat. When not writing, she watches too much TV, reads voraciously, and invents new reasons not to work out. Georgia is currently hard at work on her eleventh book. Visit her and find out more at www.georgiabeers.com.

"The Boss" photo © 2014 Gregory Gerard