I haven’t talked about my novel in months. Because, HELLO? New bright, shiny objects obliterate old, tired tomes. Promoting Not Without My Father is all-consuming. The first ninety days of a book are make-or-break.
So why am I wasting an entry to mention To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis? My sad, lonely little novel virtually nobody is reading?
Well.
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When my friend Josie Abrams messaged me on Facebook, she made an unusual request. “My daughter wants to be like you.”
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How could a child I’ve never met want to be like me???
Josie and I graduated from Leadership Charleston in 1999. I didn’t see her much in the years between then and now. When I saw her on Facebook, I friended her, because she was one of those people.
You know those people.
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Wham. Bam. Thank you, Ma’am! Story of my life these days. I invade a town for a day or several. I show myself and my stuff to anyone who will listen, and I take money for the pleasure I give.
And I give A LOT of pleasure.
Seriously.
Some people tell me I’m the best they’ve ever had.
Friends tell me my life looks exotic. Enticing. A grown-up good time.
I give them a little wink with a side of “don’t you wish you were me?” And I hand them my
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