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Writers can get really weird cravings while under Deadline Stress.

I know writers who live on cigarettes and Diet Coke for days until they type “The End”.  Others paint their fingernails and eat the polish off.
M&M’s are a popular stimulant/comfort food.
As are Oreo cookies.
I used to be a frozen Pepperidge Farm Milano cookie-holic.
M&M’s, a great honkin’ bowl of them, sat on my desk next to the dirty coffee cups.

Once I ate soda crackers and drank coffee for weeks and ended up in the hospital (with a very unhappy esophagus).

I learned it is not a good thing to write four or five or six books a year without eating properly, but it took a long time to get that through my head, especially during deadline times.

But I’ve changed.  A little. Maybe a lot.

This week I’ve stocked up on plain Greek yogurt, frozen fruit, eggs, red & orange & green bell peppers, white bean chili and…

The potato chips are just for an emergency.