Today was a great day for this little monster! Not only did I get to go on an adventure, I also met lots of new people who were super friendly to me. And because I met lots of nice people, I made some serious progress on my 100 People Project.
Mr. Guy and The Lady wanted to go to a bookstore and hear a guy who writes books talk about what he writes in his books. I don’t know why, if they have read the books, they wanted to hear the writer tell them what he says in his books. Maybe he forgot to put some of the important words in his books. I asked if the books were grown-up books or little monster books. The Lady said that they were for grown-ups, but she thought I might learn something if I went and listened.
The book writer’s name is Austin Kleon.
He writes books about creativity. The Lady said that creativity is what we need when we write our stories together. I thought we just needed to go do fun stuff so we have adventures to write about and then we have to find the best words to tell you about our adventures, but The Lady said that it is not quite that easy. I guess that is true. Sometimes it is hard for me to make my words and my thoughts match. It’s like my thoughts are striped and the words that come out are polka dotted.
The Lady and Mr. Guy have read almost all of Mr. Kleon’s books. They like what he says and the way he says it. His newest book is called Keep Going. I like that title a lot. The Lady and I need to keep going even though sometimes we are both tired and don’t think that we have much to say and don’t want to write any words.
Mr. Guy and The Lady were right! Mr. Kleon was a cool guy! I didn’t understand everything that he talked about, but I liked that he talked about his two little boys and how they inspire him. That made me think that I can inspire The Lady and Mr. Guy when they need creativity.
After Mr. Kleon talked about his book, people stood in a line so that he would sign his name in their books. It seemed a little funny to me that he put his name in our books. We bought our books with our own money; this book place was not a no bills book barn like where we went earlier this week. Now if our book gets lost, it will get returned to Mr. Kleon because he put his name in it. I guess if people don’t take good care of his books and they get lost, those books will get back to Mr. Kleon. He will take good care of them because they are full of his words. If I had a book with my words in it, I know I would take good care of it!
I did get to help when Mr. Kleon signed a book for Mr. Guy.
Because Mr. Kleon is such a a nice guy, the people who read his books are also nice people. I was surprised and happy because so many peoplethere listening talked to me and wanted to know my name and hear my story. Not everyone we see is open to talking to a little furry blue and orange monster!
Ms. Christy and Mr. Garry sat near us. They drove all the way from Oklahoma to hear Mr. Kleon talk. That is a long drive! Ms. Christy is a copy editor and her husband, Mr. Garry, is and artist.
Then I talked to Ms. Zee. She writes a blog about artist’s and travel.
Look at her smile! I bet she would be a fun travel companion! I am looking forward to reading her blog posts and learning about different artists and places that I want to visit some day.
Mr. Eric also has a friendly smile.
I am a lucky little monster to get to meet so many interesting, talented, and most importantly, kind people. I think that the world has more kind people than mean people, but it feels like most of the time we only hear about the mean people. Tonight was an evening filled with all nice people. That made my smile as big as Mr. Eric’s smile. Really, I am smiling, but my fur covers it up sometimes.
Mr. Tom works at Interabang Books. That is where we went to listen to Mr. Kleon talk and it’s where we met all of the friendly people. The last person I talked to was Mr. Tom. He is the Events Coordinator at Interabang Books.
He worked hard tonight making sure that all of the happy people stayed happy. I think he might have been smiling because this event was almost over and he was going to get to go home and rest soon!
So, I added six people to my 100 People Project. That is exciting for this little monster. I am now up to fifty-one. I have passed the halfway point. I can do this!
Like Mr. Kleon says, “Keep Going!”