I just found out today that the payroll coordinator where I work is a writer, which she had never mentioned. When I asked where I could find some of her stuff, she wouldn’t tell me, daring me to see if I could find anything. Google found her in about 2 queries, and now I know why she wouldn’t come clean. For one thing, she writes under a pseudonym sometimes, but mainly, she writes erotica, specifically for women, not the kind of thing you talk about in a stuffy institution like ours.
I’m amused: it’s refreshing to be reminded there are real people in such an unreal place.