<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="direction: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For some reason this didn't seem to be posted to the list. At least I didn't get it, so I'm trying again.</span></div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16pt;">Aloha Gang o' de stagecraft ilk,</span></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16pt;">With a sigh of relief, a bit of pride, and not a little trepidation, I would like to let you all know that I have published an actual book. Well, it’s an actual Kindle edition book which means it would not be all that useful in leveling your kitchen table. (Of course you don't need a Kindle device to read the book. You can use the free Kindle app. It's what I use.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">“5 Little Stories at Christmas Time” is now available on Amazon for an introductory price of $.99, which for those of us who are not so well versed in arithmetic, works out to slightly less than twenty cents per story.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">To relate this to the stagecraft list, I adapted one of the stories for stage. “The Christmas Cookie” was produced by the internationally renowned Honolulu Theatre for Youth as the centerpiece in their final production of “Christmas Talk Story” which featured short plays based on short stories by local authors.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The stories are fun and quite charming if I do say so myself. While mostly fiction, one of the stories is based on a true-life experience. You can find “5 Little Stories at Christmas Time” at:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:times"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MCWRP25" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">https://www.amazon.com/dp/<wbr>B01MCWRP25</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:times"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:times">I hope you’ll check it out and if you enjoy reading it, leave me a review. I would love to know what you think of my first effort.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:times"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:times">All the best,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:times"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:times">Paul 1</span></p></div></div>
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