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Mary Elizabeth Williams

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MARCH 3, 2009 12:50PM

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Today is my book's official pub date and seriously, who would like to come to my house and pry me away from the "refresh" button?

Here's what I know now from checking the rankings of other books on the real estate list: a lot of people are buying guides to making money off foreclsoures. And here's what I know from checking the rankings of other books of pop culture list: a lot of people are marijuana enthusiasts.

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Congrats! Now we're all going to follow your progress.

Kerry Lauerman

March 03, 2009 04:58 PM

Congrats! It's a great feeling, isn't it?

Allie Griffith

March 04, 2009 02:42 PM

Cool....which is yours? MJ or real estate? ;)

C Berg

March 05, 2009 12:50 PM

I should do a book about finding a home WHERE YOU CAN GROW YOUR WEED.

Mary Elizabeth Williams

March 05, 2009 04:34 PM

Congrats. Have you had that glitch yet? You know the one, where for a magical three minutes you're at 200. Or does this only happen on Amazon.ca (the Canadian Amazon, which is a little easier to crack, especially if your book is about Canada.)

This makes me think of a great book by Ben Cheever (Selling Ben Cheever), in which he took a job at Borders for a while. At one point one of the other employees asked "you're a writer, aren't you?" He puffed up with pride, figuring this person recognized his name and answered, yes. Then his co-worker said "yeah, the other writer who worked here was always checking his rankings too."

Juliet Waters

March 05, 2009 05:54 PM

I ronically the bible belt has become the big weed growing region, supplanting northern Cal, in some respects. The landscapes in mountain regions like TN are too hard to patrol and the cops too indifferent to care.

Ted Zeppelin

March 08, 2009 03:37 PM

Your book will be a success, or is that the next one? I can't tell from the messy fortune cookie that I have. What I do know is that if it's been published, it's time for you, Scorpio, to move onto your next adventure. We can consult the I Ching if you'd like.