The Spark: The Other Author

I told you on Monday that my husband is 'the author' and I'm sure that it looks suspicious that today's post reads "The Other Author."

Especially when you learn that HE is a friend of mine from college

But rest assured there is nothing to worry about.

My friend is a happy guy

with great writing skills.

We were in the same sketch comedy troupe

and he was one of our most prolific writers.

When he graduated he told us that he wanted to become a
*gasp*
 author.

He was going to take a year or two

and write full-time.

His wife was completely supportive of this plan

(He found himself a keeper!)

I wish that this story went...

and then he sold his book for millions of dollars!

But alas, no.

He wrote

queried

revised

re-queried

got interest

but no contracts

Nobody seemed interested enough in

The Other Side of the Hippo

At the end of his allotted time,

when his wife was expecting their first child,

he got a 

*duh*duh*dun*
job.

But the story doesn't stop there.

My friend is really talented,

very funny,

very imaginative,

and determined enough to make it happen.

And eventually he did.

After years of playing the game he wrote

this book

 a whole (New York Times Bestselling) series of them

and eventually he got to play around with 

The Other Side of the Hippo

until it became

and the sequel comes out

January 2012

I don't even know how many times Brandon has made Bestsellers Lists.

We don't talk about that.

Usually we're laughing.

But he has inspired me.

So, thanks for the Spark
 Brandon!

Hopefully his inspired you as well. See more Brandon at his website