Nobody has to read on this board. Just wait a while and Arlo will come along and post so many pictures you'll be an instant expert on the topic.
Seriously, though, Kelly says hi. She still remembers that get together fondly.
So I tell her (again) that you're a published author now and she says, "Great!"
Then I get the look.
I say, "Don't say it!"
She says, "I didn't say a thing."
I replied, "You didn't have to."
After a bit, she says it anyway, "You've been telling me since the day we met that you're a writer."
"I know, I know, and now you're gonna use the Shifty thread to beat me upside the head.", says me.
(I should never have pointed out this thread.)
The difference between an author and a writer is that an author has a deadline.