my eyes & my ears
A good spy never gets caught, and since no one ever suspects that I am a spy, it must mean that I'm great. My business is people. I people watch and eavesdrop to learn about human behavior. It's true that a lot of what I do is look at people and make up stories about them, so I guess I'm not really exploring human behavior as much as I'm inventing worlds for complete strangers to operate in based on aspects of their personalities that are visible to me.
I enjoy pretending. I like to look at people to extract their attractive and unique mannerisms and traits so I can use them as the foundation of characters I wish to develop. I like pretending that these strangers are my friends by fictionalizing them, making them close to me so I am never lonely. My "espionage," people-watching, eavesdropping efforts are how I get to know people.
Like my idol, Harriet M. Welsh, I want to know everything, and the only way to learn things, hear things, see things is to be observant. I want to be a writer, and writers are always watching and waiting for that divine moment of inspiration to strike. Here, I write my observations and encounters with people. These people are authentic, witty, eccentric, fascinating individuals; they have to be for me to want to write about them. These people are strangers, yet through observing them and writing about them, these people have become my friends.
Maggie Bedwetter
I enjoy pretending. I like to look at people to extract their attractive and unique mannerisms and traits so I can use them as the foundation of characters I wish to develop. I like pretending that these strangers are my friends by fictionalizing them, making them close to me so I am never lonely. My "espionage," people-watching, eavesdropping efforts are how I get to know people.
Like my idol, Harriet M. Welsh, I want to know everything, and the only way to learn things, hear things, see things is to be observant. I want to be a writer, and writers are always watching and waiting for that divine moment of inspiration to strike. Here, I write my observations and encounters with people. These people are authentic, witty, eccentric, fascinating individuals; they have to be for me to want to write about them. These people are strangers, yet through observing them and writing about them, these people have become my friends.
Maggie Bedwetter
