Tom Swift Writer’s Notebook

Interviewer: Why should people trust you enough to buy a copy of Chief Bender’s Burden?

TS: Because I have 35 years of proven experience.

Interviewer: This is your first book. What exactly does that mean?

TS: The point is that this book is not just words.

Interviewer: You said the experience of completing the manuscript was harrowing. In a previous interview, in fact, you described a very dangerous scenario during a research trip to Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

TS: It’s true. I had to dodge sniper fire.

Interviewer: Sniper fire?

TS: It was dangerous. Too dangerous for a soldier. Or even for a First Lady.

Interviewer: Are you aware we have video showing you working on the manuscript in your underwear while sitting alone for hours in your basement staring at the ceiling?

TS: I say a lot of things — several words every day — so if I misspoke, that was just a misstatement.

This post was added on Monday, March 31, 2008 by Tom Swift at 08:38 and is filed under Rough Drafts.