My Cover is Blown

I almost made it.  Despite nearly 6,000 blog posts that were mainly read by my mother, her sister, Marcie, and a few cousins including a world-famous one, Mark Mulligan, who self-deported himself to Mexico decades ago and sings to sold out fans, I've been found.  I can no longer hide.  I may as well admit it – I'm a writer.  When I shared a recent success story with my general manager at my day job, he sent an email to the corporate peeps who decided to feature a story in our employee magazine about employees like me who are published writers.  One of the leaders reached out to me for a photo to accompany the blurb which will be out soon.  That's when I made a critical error in judgment, sending my favorite photo which includes a sibling who is like me and lives off the radar.  My loving wife pointed out the glaring error when she asked, "Did you get your sister's permission to share the photo?"  Thank God my sister agreed that this photo is acceptable especially since I'm giving away all the proceeds from my writing endeavors to our local Children's hospital.

I would like to thank my sister for approving the photo you see here from my book signing at a local residence in my community.  We're holding custom-designed "Live Long and Prosper" cookies created by Tanya and Mike of South Street Cookies, my next-door neighbors.  The cookies were a huge hit at the book signing.  

What am I going to do now that my cover is blown and our sleepy small town is finding out my true identity?  I might as well use my fame to support raising money for four new pickleball courts in my community.  I must admit that I've been rather secretive with my tennis buddies about my fondness for pickleball as there seems to be tension between tennis players and pickleball players.  I'm one of those hybrid types who believes there is room for both sports.  In fact, I believe playing pickleball is great for cross training.  I knew in my heart that the days of living quietly in relative anonymity wouldn't last forever.  I may as well do what is expected of every writer and do some real life promoting.  Here goes:  Visit Amazon or Audible and pick up my latest release, "Live Long and Prosper."  The audio version is on sale for $6.08 today, just in time for a stock stuffer for your loved one.  It you want to sweeten up the deal, order cookies from Mike and Tanya.  Have a great day.