<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><br></div><div>This article was written by my public library co-worker Karen MacPherson.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> <!--StartFragment--><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/alexander-mccall-smith-published-his-first-hit-novel-at-50-and-hasnt-stopped-how-does-he-do-it/2019/12/02/928e1600-0c76-11ea-97ac-a7ccc8dd1ebc_story.html" data-mce-href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/alexander-mccall-smith-published-his-first-hit-novel-at-50-and-hasnt-stopped-how-does-he-do-it/2019/12/02/928e1600-0c76-11ea-97ac-a7ccc8dd1ebc_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/alexander-mccall-smith-published-his-first-hit-novel-at-50-and-hasnt-stopped-how-does-he-do-it/2019/12/02/928e1600-0c76-11ea-97ac-a7ccc8dd1ebc_story.html</a><!--EndFragment--> </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> If you think you might have a hit novel inside of you -- then maybe you do.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> Phil</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__">-- <br></div><div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com<br>http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html<br>http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro<br>http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html<br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br></div><div><span style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><br style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )"></div></div></div></body></html>