Our family friend Rob Bard has written an amusing book titled My Dog Ate My Bird . When I told my son Mark about Rob’s book he said, “I remember that!”
You might remember a post featuring Rob when he was judging pie.
Rob wrote then- On Saturday is the Amateur Division and these are the best. These pies are made by people like you and me. They are made with love and they are truly your “homemade” pies. I love judging that day. With over 900 pies entered, judges are divided up and we sample just a certain type of pie. There are 18 categories. I try to always select the cherry pie, my favorite. The most pies I have ever judged was 28 different cherry pies over 2 days.
Sunday is the Professional Division and these are just that. This category are those individuals that have “made a living” selling pies and the professional pastry chefs.
I have met some nice people along the way. Pie has a way of bringing people together.
Rob’s also been featured in the blog’s Gallery of Veterans. We met him when he was stationed at Ft. Knox Kentucky and our eldest sons were classmates in elementary school.
My copy has been ordered.
Congratulations Rob!
Well done, Rob! It’s not easy to write and publish a book.
My granddaughter enjoys reading your Amanda series, Darlene. Thanks for supporting a fellow author.
I enjoyed jotting down a few stories for my grandson and granddaughter. Next thing you know I had a book. It was fun reliving some of these “normal” situations in my life.
Congratulations on your book, Rob. You make life fun!
I think I’d enjoy judging pie
I’m not sure what you have to go through to be a certified judge but it might be good to look into!
Exactly!
Congratulations Rob, great accomplishment!
Thanks for cheering him on , Carrie.
Congrats to Rob. I may be on my way as I’ve recently been contacted by several publishers asking if I’d consider submitting some manuscripts for a Vincie Series. They have all indicated that the Vincie character is very compelling. Of course I would have to get approval from Vincie as she is the brains/inspiration of it all. dc
Put me on the list for an Advance Copy! Can’t wait.
Congratulations, Rob! It’s quite an accomplishment to write a book and even more impressive to have it published. What a great achievement!
As for dc’s suggestion to write a Vincie series, I give my wholehearted approval. If her character continues to be the bad-ass she was in the Pink Gloves story, it might make up for the wimp I’ve been my entire life.
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The wimp image could make the bad guys underestimate Vincie. She is a genuine bad ass. dc
This sounds intriguing. Congrats, Rob! Writing a book is much harder than most people think. Everyone thinks they can write. But not everyone is a writer.
You know it, Audrey.
Bob sounds like a very cool man. Sign me up for the pie gig!
Me too. Yum.