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Writing Dynasty

In the never-ending quest to be published, I’ve turned to nonfiction.   In nonfiction, you see, all you have to do is convince someone you’ve got an idea nobody else has had.   It took me a few years to figure that out, but then I’ve always been a slow study.   Even doctorates don’t help. I keep working at my fiction.   It’s where my heart is.   I just finished reading a book, World War Z , by Max Brooks.   Now, I know it’s a matter of taste—this was on the New York Times Bestseller list—but I didn’t care for it.   It wasn’t that well written.   Yes, it was a new idea but so is the one I’ve been trying to get published for a decade now. What happened here, I wondered.   Then I looked closer.   Max Brooks is Mel Brooks’ son.   Yes, History of the World Part I Mel Brooks’ son.   Blazing Saddles Mel Brooks’ son.   I was reminded of a bit of advice from Writers’ Marketplace back when print books still existed: “Are you famous?   Come on in!” (That’s a paraphrase.) N