I am proud to announce my first author presentation, which will take in place November in Farmer City, IL.

My good friend, Debbie Yeagle, invited me to speak to the Shakespeare club. And, get this, the group will be 125 year old next year. 125!! Did you catch that? I am very very honored and excited.

So what will I talk about? My book won’t be available until next March. I can tell them how it ends, I suppose…I can tell them how it all began….I imagine I could read them a short section of the book….I can’t tell them how to place a bet, since I never learned how. I can’t tell them how to race, since I don’t know how to do that. I can’t tell them how to breed a winner, since I never did that. 

I guess I’ll have to tell them about how I drove to Kentucky, expecting to see the people I wanted to meet just walking the streets. How I drove alone to Kentucky and how different people in different ways helped me, though it took a bit more work to meet the people I needed to meet.  About how psyched I was to read a review of Kentucky donut shops in the New York Times and realize that six were on my way, between Lexington and Louisville. Yes, dear reader, I tried them all. No more donuts, now. Ever again! Well, maybe just one, if I find myself in the neighborhood.

And here is a little more info about the Shakespeare Club. Debbie tells me it was created to establish a library in the small farming community.  A member of the club always serves on the library board, “to make sure the people of Farmer City will have quality books, from a wide variety of authors and subjects.”

So there you have it. I’ll do my part and be honored to do so.