Remember when writers used to be cool?

Hemingway fought with rebel forces and in both world wars, and was a double agent for CIA working with the KGB.

Lord Byron traveled the world extensively and fighting in the Greek war for independence.

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton was asked to be the literal King of Greece!

Edgar Allan Poe was an athlete, he swam 6 miles upstream the Charles River, and he attained the highest rank a non-commissioned officer could attain in his army service.

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Bram Stoker was also an athlete. He ran a theater and was personal assistant to the famed actor Sir Henry Irving.

Now what do authors do? Complain on twitter all day.

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Writers used to know how to really live and make their mark. But now they only write about living life instead of actually living it.

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