The Story Behind The Name
Once there was a writer who attended parties and other social gatherings. On these occasions people would ask him about his occupation. When they learned he was a writer they would begin asking all sorts of awkward questions.
The writer grew tired of answering questions like, “Can you actually do that for a living?” and, “How much do you make?” or even, “Where do you get your ideas?”
To avoid such questions the writer decided he would tell everyone he was a silverware thief. “It seems,” he said to his friend, “that writing is the most unreputable and strange career choice one could make. When I tell people I am a silverware thief I get less awkward questions, and I can give more interesting answers!”
Who that writer was has been lost with time, but the story gave the name for this site. A writer by any other name is . . . a silverware thief.
Since April 2003 silverwarethief.com has been chronicling the life of one writer.
the author's humorous novel.