EVENTS AND SPECIALS
SAN ANTONIO BOOK CLUB
I had a wonderful evening visiting with a San Antonio book club! They were well-read, intelligent, curious ladies. After a delicious dinner and getting to meet individual members, I told them what writers are REALLY like. They had lots of questions, which I love. They also had napkins which read: “My book club can drink more wine than your book club.” Think it was a fun group?
I told them about my next book, RISKY PURSUIT, stand-a-lone intergenerational suspense coming in February/March. Author’s Review Copies may be sent a few weeks before publication to those who will put a short review on Amazon or Goodreads on release day. Interested?
Contact me: https://author@nancygwest.com
MEANWHILE, HERE’S A NEW SONG PARODY FOR YOU:
MAMAS, DON’T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE WRITERS
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MAMAS DONT LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE WRITERS
DON’T LET EM IMAGINE AND SCRIBBLE SO MUCH
MAKE ‘EM BE DOCTORS AND LAWYERS AND SUCH
WRITERS AIN’T EASY TO LOVE
AND THEY’RE HARDER TO HOLD
THEY THINK STORIES HAVE VALUE
THAT’S BETTER THAN DIAMONDS OR GOLD
THEY DREAM OF PLOTTING
WITH PEOPLE YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW
PLACES AND PROBLEMS THEY MAKE UP
THAT AIN’T EVEN SO
THEY’RE WATCHING A MOVIE WITH YOU
BUT THEIR MIND’S FAR AWAY
IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND ‘EM AND THEY DON’T DIE YOUNG,
THEY JUST KEEP WRITING ALL DAY
MAMAS DON’T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE WRITERS
DON’T LET ‘EM IMAGINE AND SCRIBBLE SO MUCH,
MAKE ‘EM BE DOCTORS AND LAWYERS AND SUCH
WRITERS LIKE KEYBOARDS AND NOTEPADS
AND PENCILS GALORE
QUAINT LITTLE ROOMS WITH A VIEW
AND A LOCK ON THE DOOR
HEADS FULL OF IDEAS
AND PLACES THEY LIKE TO CREATE
THEY’RE NOT LISTENING TO YOU-
THEY’RE DREAMING UP SOMEBODY’S FATE
THEY THINK OF STORIES
AND PEOPLE YOU CAN’T EVEN VIEW,
YOU THINK THEY’RE WITH YOU
BUT THEIR MIND IS ELSEWHERE
‘THO THEY’RE SITTING THERE RIGHT BESIDE YOU
MAMAS DON’T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE WRITERS
THEY MIGHT JUST STAY HOME
AND THEY’RE HAPPY ALONE
(SLOWER)—- EVEN WITH SOMEONE THEY LOVE
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Written by Patsy Bruce and first recorded by Ed Bruce 1976. Best known recording by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson 1979. Parody by Nancy G. West ©2024
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