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Some years ago I shared parts of this post about how to know if you were famous. At the time, a kid at a book event had asked me “Are you famous?” I didn’t exactly know how to answer him. I was there trying to get people interested in some books I’d written. But does writing a book make one …
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. – John Wooden Some years ago at a book fair a young man who might have been twenty, give or take a year or two, came up to my book table and asked, “Are you famous?” I remember first being a bit surprised by the …
I’m a day late today. Yesterday was my anniversary. Darrell and I have been married umpteen years. I remember noting the anniversary where I’d been married half my life and then the one two-thirds. Now I’m heading toward the three-fourths but that’s still a ways down the road. It’s hard to realize so many years have gone by since we …
The Kentucky Book Fair was yesterday. It’s a great event because a lot of readers show up to talk to the many writers (over 120 authors) and buy books. People do their Christmas shopping and come in with lists they have written after searching through the Book Fair catalogue. My book actually made some of those lists and I’m grateful …