Simple Truth

Now -- to get back to my story. The REASON we went to Washington, Iowa in the first place.

Carol Bodensteiner was doing a presentation for a group of writers who meet at the library once a month.

Carol has written three books. Her first was Growing Up Country, and her second was "Go Away Home" -- the this fall, her third book was published...

Simple Truth takes place in the current day -- in the State of Iowa.

I met Carol (many moons ago) in a Memoir Workshop at the Writer's Festival in Iowa City. Her path as an author has been exciting and I think everybody in that room learned something that day.

She self-published her first book, Growing Up Country. And her success with that book was due, in large part, to her background in Public Relations. She did a great job of marketing her book -- and made some decisions early on that paid off in a big way.

Her second book, Go Away Home -- took a very different course.  She originally self-published it.  But, happily, the sales were so good, it was picked up by Amazon and re-published by them.

This was the group we spent the morning with -- and Carol had a lot of information for other writers.

But our good time in Washington, Iowa is NOT OVER...

Because -- here's the thing you did not know. The REASON Carol was invited to Washington, Iowa is because this little town played a small role in her new book, Simple Truth. The characters in the book ate at an elegant Ristorante on the corner of the Town Square....Cafe Dodici...

AND IT'S A REAL PLACE...!!