Eavesdrop Writer Blog

Vivi­enne eaves­drops on con­ver­sa­tions other peo­ple are hav­ing. She does so in all kinds of places — stores, restau­rants, Vegas casi­nos, the com­mu­nity pool … She does it because she believes that “people-watching is the best show on earth.” And her read­ers are glad she does because she what she over­heard and how she hap­pened to over­hear it in an engag­ing man­ner, dis­pens­ing wry wis­dom and sub­tle social com­men­tary in the process.

Today Vivi­enne receives the Post of the Day Award for her Octo­ber 1, 2008, entry, Dying to Vote.  This time, she lis­tened in on a con­ver­sa­tion between two Amer­i­can teenagers who found “Bev­erly Hills 90210″ fas­ci­nat­ing, but could not be both­ered edu­cat­ing them­selves about the United States’ cur­rent eco­nomic cri­sis or the lat­est devel­op­ments in the Pres­i­den­tial race.  Vivi­enne encoun­tered a cou­ple of young girls who, in those and many other respects, were just quin­tes­sen­tial Amer­i­can kids.

How­ever, the con­ver­sa­tion she lis­tened in on took place in a salon while she was get­ting a pedi­cure, the one indul­gence she will not give up despite the rough finan­cial times.

I will not tell you more about Eaves­drop Writer Blog or, more par­tic­u­larly, Dying to Vote, because you must read Vivienne’s work your­self in order to appre­ci­ate the beauty of her straight-forward approach to sto­ry­telling and expe­ri­ence its impact.

Con­grat­u­la­tions, Vivi­enne.  Keep eaves­drop­ping because I am a loyal reader and look for­ward to more “imag­i­na­tion stim­u­la­tion from over­heard con­ver­sa­tions for cre­ative writ­ers and curi­ous readers.”

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