My Swine Flu Dilemma, or Why You Shouldn't Write A Novel About An Epidemic
I tell myself that I'm not really a hypochondriac.
Still, because my first novel dealt with a fictional town that tries to quarantine itself from the 1918 influenza epidemic, I've developed a bit of fatalism about the flu. Surely my book has tempted the gods, and the next flu pandemic (which most health experts agree is inevitable) will come looking for me in particular. I can already visualize the obituary headline: Writer of Flu Novel Dies from Flu in Ironic Tragedy.
A couple of weeks ago...
Still, because my first novel dealt with a fictional town that tries to quarantine itself from the 1918 influenza epidemic, I've developed a bit of fatalism about the flu. Surely my book has tempted the gods, and the next flu pandemic (which most health experts agree is inevitable) will come looking for me in particular. I can already visualize the obituary headline: Writer of Flu Novel Dies from Flu in Ironic Tragedy.
A couple of weeks ago...
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