You are all good. Keep up the work because I could use a lot of laughs. Funny.

Good one, JJ! :o)

Pardon me, could you repeat that? I couldn't hear you over the roar of my private jet.

ROFLOL ... I have had a couple of people ask me if I'm quitting my day job now that the book is out. When I tell them that my first royalty check was $14.32, they stop asking.

The kitchen... that's the room where the chef works isn't it? Where the butler has his dinner?

These people. So naive...she says as she topples stacks of gold coins on her way to the kitchen.

Judging by some of the comments I hear, yes. Which astounds me... she says, shoving a diamond tiara onto a mound of glittering emeralds beneath her desk.

I have to say, seeing one's name on a book cover is pretty cool. But wow! Do people really believe writers are all sitting on piles of money?

I like the part about writers having more chance of becoming a US senator than getting on the bestseller list.

These days, so many people seem to ask me how they can become a writer... saying that they want to see their name on a book cover and make lots of money. I have a go at grabbing their ankles and yanking them back down to earth, but it rarely works.

Thersa wrote: "Thanks for the link, Sharon. I'll go check it out now.

t"

Fantastic Sharon. Will give it a look. Need all the advice I can get!

Thanks for the link, Sharon. I'll go check it out now.

t

Hi, everyone.

Stephen Coonts has been one of my favorite authors since a long-ago former boyfriend (a Naval aviator) introduced me to "Final Flight."

I decided to check out his website for the first time today and found an absolute gem: http://www.coonts.com/tips_for_writers.h... . IMO, this is some really solid advice. Now, since this was posted a number of things have happened (there are more than four Harry Potter books, just for a start), but there is a lot of wisdom to consider from the author of numerous best-sellers.

Enjoy!