Mr. James Patterson was in town today and gave a nice speach about writing, himself, his books, and a whole lot of other stuff. It was definately a fun event to go to. Not only that, I now have in my possession a signed copy of "Alex Cross's Trail". I'll have to read it, as terrible as it is, I've never read any of his works. However, I can appreciate what he's gone through to get to the level he's at now. The funny thing is that it sounds like I do a lot of things like he used to do. Granted I don't do a lot of what he does now, but tha might eventually come later. Who knows?

Did you know:
He had to send his first book to 31 publishers before someone agreed to publish it?
He writes nearly every day of the year, 360 days.
He write every manuscript long hand. Thats a TON of hand written stuff for all the manuscripts for... I think 40+ books.
Each book starts as a simple outline and grows from there.
He currently has 27 manuscripts that are works in progress.
He actively works on 7-8 books at a time.

There was a whole bunch of other stuff too. I wish everyone that I know could have been there. My mother gave me the $50 ticket to see him as a christmas present, and it was one of the coolest presents I got this year. I don't even know what the others are, but this definately ranks in the top three. The worst part... I took notes. MHA HA HA!

*Scampers off to prepare for bed, and another day of writing*