Budding Traveler Gifts

"Who'd want to Retire...what would you do with your time?...Apart from spend time with your kids...see all those places you always promised you would...be the person you want to be...have a life!"

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

'I love your playing....especially when you stop!'

"I know its hard to believe right now, Lawrence, but some day you'll thank me for asking you to punctuate your sentences correctly."

" 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation,' a treatment by Todd Mozelle, Grade Three."

Building a Shelter

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

'I have a feeling one day when he grows up he'll be an artist of some kind.'

'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit, today, sir - a ream of paper and a half-dozen pencils.'

Mum has a bad judgement day - Well OK, you can take it to your room as long as you play it quietly.

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

'For God's sake give me some angst, how will I ever write a misery memoir?'

'He takes bathtime seriously.'

"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."

'The problem with migrating is that the roaming charges for my mobile phone are enormous...'

'I'm not sure if he plays that loud because he has a good set of lungs or if it's a mean streak in him.'

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

"Yipeee!"

"I just got a huge advance for my first novel. It's about a writer who gets a huge advance for his first novel."

Bassoon practice.

A child busking

'Who else have I written for? Ridge Park Avenue, 7th Street, Elm Road, Thornwood Drive...'

'I must be getting good, because my Dad told me to go play for the neighbours!'

Boy Learning Violin With Ear Muffs.

'Publisher recommends a good paper shredder.'

Everyone has a good novel inside them.

Vanity Publishing.

'Your book has a wonderful, timely quality. We're putting it on our list for a 2009 release.'

'Here be our new flag, me hearties! A truly Jolly Roger, from now on, we're all about bein' upbeat an' optimistical!!'

'And now, for your musical entertainment!'

"Dear Author: Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to reject your work."

"'The Girl Who Kicked Summer Vacation's Ass.'"

"I have this nagging feeling we've forgotten something..."

Book Shop: DYI section

'Actually, I haven't written it yet, I'm doing the promotional tour first, to see if being an author is the right career move for me!'