On Dedications and a Bit of Vanity.
It's no secret that I had been a friend of a writer, Andre Norton, since my teen years. Over the years, we had written a lot of letters to each other, and she had sent me a lot of books, while i sent her a few things I thought might interest her. One of those things was a design for a sword made of dragon scale. I had gone into great detail on how such could be fashioned.
Andre passed away in 2005, and sometime later, a book named "Dragon Blade", written by Andre Norton and Sasha Miller came out. The person who was Andre's caretaker, Sue Stewart, sent me a copy of the book. i was very surprised that Andre had used my design in the book, and dedicated the book to me.
One may wonder where the vanity part comes in. Well, today I stopped by the Camp Humphreys Post Exchange and while finding some new books that are being issued by Andre Norton and co-writers, i saw three copied of "Dragon Blade". I grabbed all three copies and went back to the manager's office. I pointed out to the store manager, that the person the book was dedicated to, and the person holding those three books were one and the same. I then offered to autograph all three books right above my name on the dedication page. Just because. I wanted to make sure this was OK with the manager, because that would be vandalism, otherwise.
The manager was ecstatic. he not only said it was OK, he thought that was a wonderful idea. So I signed them, and put them right back on the shelf.
Yep, call me vain. Camp Humphreys has a celebrity and that with $2 might get you a cup of coffee here on post.
Andre passed away in 2005, and sometime later, a book named "Dragon Blade", written by Andre Norton and Sasha Miller came out. The person who was Andre's caretaker, Sue Stewart, sent me a copy of the book. i was very surprised that Andre had used my design in the book, and dedicated the book to me.
One may wonder where the vanity part comes in. Well, today I stopped by the Camp Humphreys Post Exchange and while finding some new books that are being issued by Andre Norton and co-writers, i saw three copied of "Dragon Blade". I grabbed all three copies and went back to the manager's office. I pointed out to the store manager, that the person the book was dedicated to, and the person holding those three books were one and the same. I then offered to autograph all three books right above my name on the dedication page. Just because. I wanted to make sure this was OK with the manager, because that would be vandalism, otherwise.
The manager was ecstatic. he not only said it was OK, he thought that was a wonderful idea. So I signed them, and put them right back on the shelf.
Yep, call me vain. Camp Humphreys has a celebrity and that with $2 might get you a cup of coffee here on post.