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My World From the Lens of My Camera

5/20/2017

Whitetail deer are common in my area. I thought this one may have been trying to distract me by running in the opposite direction from where she had a fawn hid.

Inspiration Outside My Comfort Zone

5/14/2017

About six years ago, a friend told me that if I went to New York with her, she could get me a meeting with an editor. I had a manuscript I wanted published, but I really didn't want to go that far on a chance. A gamble.

The evening I arrived in NY and looked out the hotel window, I was not enthusiastic.

The next morning, I went for a walk and they were taping a television show. Alicia Keys was on a stage singing about dreams coming true in NY. I felt pretty confident at that moment that it was possible to have a book published.

The editor passed on that book but told me my strengths.

I tried harder, and took what I'd learned from the comments, and wrote another manuscript, which was purchased by the same publishing house I'd contacted earlier in NY.

They weren't taping this video that day, but this is the song Alicia Keys sang. And if you recognize the Broadway area, that's where I was standing when I heard her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMX1sc3eOTE

The photo above is from my return visit, and when I looked out the window during that visit, I was enthusiastic.