Yesterday at the library, I met a personable man from North Carolina. He didn't sound "Southern" so after talking with him a bit more, I found out he grew up in Ohio. His mission at the libray was to scan some documents and email them to his boss.
Once I showed him how our scanner worked and how to drag and drop his documents into his email, he was more than delighted.
"I will come back here when I need to send something! I will cross state lines to come back here!"
I felt good having helped someone who was so grateful.
As the morning progressed, I discovered that this gentleman was still in the building. He was working on a historical fiction novel. I believe it was something to do with the Civil War because he was concerned that the details had to be correct. When we compared notes, and he found out that I also write, we discussed to pros and cons of traditional vs. online publishing. I gave him handouts that I've made up for writing and publishing classes, and he was even more delighted that he'd stopped in our particular library. I told him a couple of ebooks that I have on Amazon and let him read the first few chapters of another story currently in the works. He said he would read Marc's Rebellion.
Then he asked where would be a good place to have lunch. "Just a 'mom and pop' kind of place," he said.
I mentioned a local well-established (with excellent food) restaurant only a couple of blocks away.
After his lunch he was beyond delighted! "I had the bison burger and the cole slaw is great!"
A couple more short conversations turned up the information that he is the same age as my younger brother. Well, how much better can it get?
His interest in my stories has encouraged me to get back to a few that I've started but never finished. And I will check every so often to see if his work is posted.
It was refreshing to have so grateful a patron and to find one with whom I share some common ground. I had a good day yesterday.
Time to get back to my stories.
Thanks for visiting with me,
Kathi Linz
Once I showed him how our scanner worked and how to drag and drop his documents into his email, he was more than delighted.
"I will come back here when I need to send something! I will cross state lines to come back here!"
I felt good having helped someone who was so grateful.
As the morning progressed, I discovered that this gentleman was still in the building. He was working on a historical fiction novel. I believe it was something to do with the Civil War because he was concerned that the details had to be correct. When we compared notes, and he found out that I also write, we discussed to pros and cons of traditional vs. online publishing. I gave him handouts that I've made up for writing and publishing classes, and he was even more delighted that he'd stopped in our particular library. I told him a couple of ebooks that I have on Amazon and let him read the first few chapters of another story currently in the works. He said he would read Marc's Rebellion.
Then he asked where would be a good place to have lunch. "Just a 'mom and pop' kind of place," he said.
I mentioned a local well-established (with excellent food) restaurant only a couple of blocks away.
After his lunch he was beyond delighted! "I had the bison burger and the cole slaw is great!"
A couple more short conversations turned up the information that he is the same age as my younger brother. Well, how much better can it get?
His interest in my stories has encouraged me to get back to a few that I've started but never finished. And I will check every so often to see if his work is posted.
It was refreshing to have so grateful a patron and to find one with whom I share some common ground. I had a good day yesterday.
Time to get back to my stories.
Thanks for visiting with me,
Kathi Linz
