Imagine it:  you dream, and write, and dream some more.  You dare to trust in your vision and send your baby off to a publisher or agent.  Against the odds, you receive a letter asking for the manuscript.  Heart pounding, you send your baby off to the big, harsh, glaring world of The Publisher.  And then…

It’s released to the public to enormous acclaim and you go from an unknown “wannabe” writer to a professional author and toast of the town.

It’s not so much that I’d love to be famous, it’s more that I admire J. K. Rowling for her vision and the world she created.  It’s a world that, with the collaboration of the team at the movie studio, became the phenomenon of a decade.  In fact, I’d love to hire the person who was responsible for casting – imagine the genius, repeated over and over, of the actors selected to portray our beloved characters?  I’m always a little stumped when folks say, “Oh, I’ve never seen it,” or “Oh, I’ve never read the books.”  That’s like saying, “Oh, yeah, that oxygen thing – yeah, I don’t use it when I breathe.”