My friend shared with me that her sister in law was a writer. She did not go into detail about what books she wrote, just that she was a writer. I thought this was interesting. I knew that I would be meeting this writer and was curious as to what she wrote.
So, on a beautiful Utah summer day, Doug and I were visiting with our friends and the writer would be there as well. It was a nice gathering of people, about 35 were there. We had a nice BBQ, tractor rides, horse riding, buzzing around on the quads, kids running around playing, along with chickens doing what chickens do. You couldn't ask for a nicer day.
After eating, the adults sat around in the lawn chairs relaxing and visiting. This was my golden opportunity to open up a discussion with the writer. I said, "I understand that you are a writer." She said, "Yes". "Well", I asked, "what do you write?". Her response to this day still surprises me and to those I share this experience with, she said, "Google Me!". I was stunned! In my mind I was thinking, "Really? Are you kidding me? Who says that? Google Me?"
What I find more fascinating is that I did not Google her! That comment made me so not interested in what she writes. After all, she's not world famous! She's no Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, etc, if she was I would have recognized her name from the beginning!
The moral of this story is, when someone asks what you do...don't say "Google Me"!
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