Of Clydesdales and writers and friends that keep us going

Super Bowl Sunday is supposed to be about the football, but as I mentioned earlier on my HealthyWriter blog about healthy Super Bowl Snacks, it's often as much about the snacks and the commercials.

Some friends and I were discussing favorite Super Bowl ads of the past and I was thinking how much I always love the Budweiser Clydesdale ads. 

I love this one about "treats" because it reminds me so much of my Fenny who will do just about anything if he hears the word T-R-E-A-T.



But these two - - Budweiser's "Rocky" and Dream (technically an Olympics ad) - are probably my favorites of all time. When I watched them again just now, I couldn't help but think they make perfect metaphors for writers.

We start with a dream, but we're not ready. So we study and practice. Often we watch others win that contest or get that agent or sign the coveted contract. And we may want to give up; yet we push on. Keep on studying craft. Keep on writing - book after book. Keep on sending our work out into the world - hoping for praise but fearing rejection.









So here's to the Hank in all of us.

Be "the Clydesdale that could" next time you want to give up.

And special thanks to all the Dalmatians among us - those friends who give us the push, who keep us keeping on especially when times are tough.

This Bud's for you!