Let's Laugh: Can I Write a Best Seller?
Let's Laugh: Can I Write a Best Seller?
By: Caroline Reid
Topics: Humor
Posted by creid Mon May 12, 2008 10:02:26 PDT
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Millions of writers dream of the day when their book will be best seller. I faithfully read the Sunday “National Best Sellers” list to see what the public is buying.
Non-fiction is my favorite genre. Learning how people stumble through life is fascinating. I like to write about people I’ve known and situations that have occurred that are either dramatic or funny or warm and tender.
On last week’s non-fiction “best seller” list was “Losing It” by Valerie Bertinelli. For $26.00 you can read what it is like to be the former wife of Eddie Van Halen with a focus on depression and efforts to lose weight. Man, could I ever write a book about that but unfortunately, I was never married to a rock star. I guess the general public would not be interested in the ups and downs in the life of a “wannabe writer of a best seller.” 
Also on the list was “Storie Telling” by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. Clever title. Her memoirs growing up in Hollywood as well as the birth of her son apparently fascinated the reading public. You can buy it for $23.95. I could write something like, “Growing up on a farm in Oregon and Giving Birth to two Children in California” but I bet no one would buy it. Not interested you say? Would you read it if I were Caroline Kennedy or Caroline of Monaco? 
“In Defense of Food,” by Michael Pollan made the coveted list too. That sounds like something I could sink my teeth into (no pun intended) and $21.95 isn’t bad! It is described as a manifesto that urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Personally, I am not crazy about the idea of eating plants. But, hey, if I could write a book that tells people to eat mostly plants and sell it for $21.95, I’d be a plant person. I’m not a TV actress who has been married to a rock star. Most of my friends know I haven’t lost a bunch of weight. I haven’t been featured in the tabloids fighting over the family fortune. If that’s what it takes, I probably won’t make the best seller list! But, guess what? Along with millions of others, I’ll keep trying!
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