Signing Books
Recently, I purchased an autographed copy of a John Green book, "Turtles All the Way Down."
John Green isn't a long name. His autograph is just a 'J' and a 'G'.
Must've taken him all of a second.
I was signing copies of the new book on Saturday morning. I like to add something to the signature. I don't want it to be a yearbook signature, but something!
A couple of words. Then signing my name. My handwriting has never been great, but you can see all the letters in my name.
And I bring it all up because signing books is one of the neat parts of actually writing a book. I like to think of the person reading it.
Hoping it makes a little bit of a difference, or entertains, or brings an emotion.
The other thing is that I am a person who is constantly driven to do the next thing. The next job, the next book, the next, next, next, next...
...drives me crazy.
I was in the middle of signing a number of them, and I was addressing one to a good friend.
"Hope she likes it," went through my brain, and then I actually picked up the book...
...looked at the cover and the story recap....
...thought of the thousands of books I've read in my life.
Remembered my personal mantra:
"Write something that means something to someone."
I can't explain how much different my day is when I am in the middle of a good book.
It's in the back of my mind all day...
....I can't wait to get back to it.
Hope I wrote one of those this time around.
At least I took a moment to acknowledge that I finished it.
On to the next!
John Green isn't a long name. His autograph is just a 'J' and a 'G'.
Must've taken him all of a second.
I was signing copies of the new book on Saturday morning. I like to add something to the signature. I don't want it to be a yearbook signature, but something!
A couple of words. Then signing my name. My handwriting has never been great, but you can see all the letters in my name.
And I bring it all up because signing books is one of the neat parts of actually writing a book. I like to think of the person reading it.
Hoping it makes a little bit of a difference, or entertains, or brings an emotion.
The other thing is that I am a person who is constantly driven to do the next thing. The next job, the next book, the next, next, next, next...
...drives me crazy.
I was in the middle of signing a number of them, and I was addressing one to a good friend.
"Hope she likes it," went through my brain, and then I actually picked up the book...
...looked at the cover and the story recap....
...thought of the thousands of books I've read in my life.
Remembered my personal mantra:
"Write something that means something to someone."
I can't explain how much different my day is when I am in the middle of a good book.
It's in the back of my mind all day...
....I can't wait to get back to it.
Hope I wrote one of those this time around.
At least I took a moment to acknowledge that I finished it.
On to the next!
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