It\u2019s Wednesday afternoon, the day AFTER National Book Lovers Day, so I\u2019d like to start by telling you a story.<\/p>\n
Once upon a time a little blonde-haired girl, living in a small mining town in the West, decided she wanted to be a writer when she grew up. Getting there wasn\u2019t easy. There were plenty of bumps and hurdles along the way, but she finally got there. The life she lives now seems like a dream to someone who grew up wearing her older sisters\u2019 hand-me-down clothes. It\u2019s as though some fairy godmother waved a wand over her head and made her every dream come true.<\/p>\n
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The little red spot far in the background of the picture? That\u2019s that same little girl all grown up. Her hair\u2019s no longer blonde. It\u2019s pretty much silver now, and she\u2019s not little anymore, either. But these days she\u2019s a writer and has been for more than forty years.<\/p>\n
Now take a look at the folks in the foreground. Obviously this picture was taken back in the good-old-days when there were still such things as book signing events. Those people, sitting there in an audience, listening to that now grown-up little girl, are the ones who have made all the difference in her life. Whether they read hardbacks or paperbacks; whether they read e-books or listen to audio books\u2014they are all BOOK LOVERS, and I maintain they\u2019re the most important people in the room. They\u2019re the ones who vote either with the cash in their pockets or by exercising their library cards. They\u2019re the real fairy godmothers in my story, because they\u2019re the ones who make it happen.<\/p>\n
So, although it may be a day or so late, this is my heartfelt thank you note to all my loyal readers out there. If it weren\u2019t for you, I might still be out there selling life insurance.<\/p>\n
And now, one of my old friends, J.P. Beaumont, would like to have a word. \u201cHey, you guys, the paperback version of J.A. Jance\u2019s latest book about me, Nothing to Lose, goes on sale on August 23. If you\u2019re living through a hot and humid summer wherever you are, you might enjoy riding along on my latest adventure as I head north to Alaska. (No I am not going to go on with the rest of the lyrics to that song.)<\/p>\n
“Along the way, you\u2019ll meet one of my newest friends, a character named Twinkle Winkleman. Let\u2019s just say I was a little taken aback when I first met Twink, but she\u2019s the kind of gal wo grows on you, and it turns out she\u2019s also someone you can count on in a pinch.<\/p>\n
“So yes, the paperback edition of my latest book is coming soon. And, for you hardback devotees, J.A.\u2019s next new one of those\u2014an Ali Reynolds book named Collateral Damage is due out in March of next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cJA has been writing books about me for a very long time, and I hope she keeps it up, because I\u2019m pretty sure the end of her would mean the end of me. I may be getting up there, folks, but I\u2019m a long way from calling it quits.\u201d<\/p>\n
Best wishes,<\/p>\n
J. P. Beaumont and J.A. Jance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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