January 23rd, 2009

Yesterday’s excursion to LA turned out to be better than I hoped. I had three meetings about various film projects in the works and got to know Jay O’Connell, author of The Train Robber’s Daughter. Jay graciously gave me a lift back to the airport when all was said and done. It was a pleasure to sit and chat with a fellow author about the business and swap ideas on how to promote the books. Jay works at Warner Brothers on the show The Big Bang and he gave me a tour of the lot. At one point I was in the same air space as George Clooney. He was there filming an episode of E.R.. Life suddenly made sense! Perhaps I’m being a little overly dramatic, but it was a kick! I’m back to work today on the Buffalo Bill book. I’ve uncovered so much information about his extramarital affairs that I’m finding it hard to condense it all into 40,000 words. I’ve got to do some editing. I’m lunching today with another fellow author. He happens to be a Federal Judge as well. He’s a Christian who has written several books on the subject of forgiveness. Funny how that subject keeps coming up in my life. In addition to discussing the writing process, I’m anxious to share my story with him about my brother. I’d like to get his take on why the attorney I hired to help my brother continues to visit my website. I had another visit from the firm while I was in Hollywood. Oh well, I knew a long time ago they weren’t really working in the best interest of my brother. I’m glad they have such a great relationship with the prosecuting attorney’s office. I am in awe of the new feature on my site that enables me to track all the visits. I’ve had visitors from a variety of school board members and teachers who have requested copies of the book Frontier Teachers for classroom use. I’ve had visitors to the site from as far away as Turkey, London and France and as close as Norborne and Rolla, Missouri. My motivation for getting the feature was to increase book sales, but I’m learning so much more.