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People think writing is sexy. Lazing around in pjs. Sipping bourbon-spiked tea. Imagining fake people to life. Untold hours of bliss and leisure.

Well.

Writing is a dirty business. It takes a lot of meeting real people. Shaking hands and sharing germs. Giving book stump speeches. Being unflappable when people look you in the eye and lie.

Part of the Life of a Writer is signing up for showcase events over which I have no control.Continue Reading

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Readers make writing worthwhile. While it would be great to be Neil Gaiman or Joyce Carol Oates, I’ll take MY readers.

Especially when they reach out and share what reading Not Without My Father meant to them.

Butte, Montana’s Sabrina Laitinen is one of those readers. She won my book in a Goodreads contest, but she got so much more.

Thank you, Sabrina, for reaching out to me! Notes like yours make this crazy life worth it.

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