Book Fanatic Gifts

'Instead of a bonus, Samson, here's an autographed copy of my book, 'The Seven Habits of Highly Stingy People'.'

"You're a writer? But what do you do for money?"

'Professor McWit, crushed by an avalanche of Philosophy 101 texts, proves again that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.'

Disaster strikes Dilmont Publishing.

"Then the proprietor said, we'll publish and be damned, so we did and here we are."

Harper's book signing tour was interrupted from time to time.

Alien in Science Fiction Section

One last book

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

I should be a writer when I grow up...

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

'The history of Glue. It's impossible to put down.'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"Do you see yourself becoming a movie in five years?"

"Meet The Author"

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

First Novels.

"Meet the author"

Victor Hugo

Reading my Critics

"For the last time stupid, you're tin man, you are not by any leap of the imagination, anything like Iron Man!"

"Pssst! Do you have anything on American history?"

Television Readers.

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

"And do you, Deborah Tannen, think they know what they're talking about?"

Second hand furniture.

"Have you read any of Shakespeare's plays?"

Two books: 'The Joy of Cooking' next to 'The Joy of Dieting'.

Gen-Next Library

The First Draft. . . Moby Duck.

Characters jumping out of a book.

"I'm in a catch-23 situation."

"I try to write a little bit every day."

Wishing Well, Wishing Good.

Don Quixote