Back on January 9 in his Monday Morning Memo, Roy Williams issued this challenge, "People tell me they want to write. I respond, "You can’t find a
pencil?" In truth, few want to write. Most want only to have written.
People tell me they want to travel, have adventures, meet interesting
people and learn about different cultures.
Roy continued, "For most people, travel means being pampered by accommodating servants
in exotic places. But interesting people, strange cultures and high
adventure don’t await you on the other side of the world. They await
you on the other side of town.
Are you willing to get on your belly and crawl under that fence? Will
you invest an hour to enlarge your world? If you will actually do it,
not just think about it, but really do it, and write to me about it, I
will send you a special gift of initiation. These are the rules:
1. You must arrive and be seated in a 24-hour eating establishment
between 1:30AM and 5:30AM in a part of town where you rarely go. Or
perhaps a truckstop beyond town’s edge. The further outside your
comfort zone, the better.
2. If a man, you must go alone. If a woman and concerned for your
safety, you can take one other person with you. But make sure your
friend understands the goal isn’t to chat with each other, but to
glimpse a whole other world that exists side-by-side with the one you
know.
3. While you’re eating and listening and absorbing this strange new
reality, think of what these people need most and how you might help
them get it. While you’re at it, you might also think a little about
what they have that you don’t. There is a rich sense of community among
the outcast.
Well, a few nights later I took up the challenge and struck out in the middle of the night on a quest to find a story. I found one and wrote it down and submitted it to Roy. Now he’s publishing them all in a book. So, in a round-about way…I’m gonna get published!!
I’m not going to publish the story here…you’ll have to get the book!
If you are interested you can find information as well as purchase the book here. Lainey and I will be going to Roy’s Wizard Academy in April for the big launch party and book signing.
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