An Excerpt:
Years later, at a book signing, a fan approached Ed Abbey with her copy of Fool’s Progress. As the author scribbled his name across the title page, the woman exclaimed, “You know Mr. Abbey, I’m a novelist too!”
“Really,” Ed smiled (or was it a grimace?)
“Yes,” she boasted excitedly, “and I’ve been wanting to ask you a question. How many pages should a novel be?”
Ed stared at the woman a moment, his famous brow furrowed into a serious frown and he said without a hint of humor, “It should be 306 pages.”
The woman sighed in relief. “Thank God then…I’m almost done.”
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