Authorly Misconceptions

Recently, I alluded to the fact that I was going to bow out of my role on the choir's board of directors when my term came up at the end of the year. Immediately the other members started to rib me about how, now that I'm a published author, I don't have time for stuff like board meetings. I agreed (tongue in cheek) that being a public personality didn't allow time for such things like serving the community. They asked if I was going on tour for my book. I laughed. Then the conversation...