In all the fuss about car
crashes I haven’t taken much time to sell the soap in the last few weeks, which
is ironic because now we have to pay for a new car. Luckily I don’t have to pedal
my own Dial this time: Just before we left on vacation Kay Kauffman did a
review of Hoosier Hysterical.
I shared this review in a
few places when it first came out, but you can’t blow your own horn too much, especially
if you’re Muhammed Ali. (This is totally untrue—lots of people blow their own
horns too much. That’s why election season now lasts three years.)
Kay lives in the midst of
an Iowa cornfield that was probably just harvested; follow her blog so she has
something to talk about in coming months other than walls of wind-driven snow blowing
in from the north. (I’ve never been to Iowa, but I loved The Music Man.)
The only problem is, Kay
suggests I write histories of the other 49 states. I spent a whole year
researching Hoosier Hysterical:
running all over the state, seeing parks and historic places, taking photos …
Actually, it sounds like
fun.
Sounds like a good idea!
ReplyDeleteYes, but I don't think it would be a great career move. History doesn't seem to sell all that much better than humor does.
DeleteThat would be a lot of work!
ReplyDeleteYeah, it took me more than a year for the first one. So ... over fifty years to write them all!
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