{"product_id":"9781453522592","title":"Dancing Partners","description":"When I was young, and told people I wanted to  \u003cbr\u003ebe a writer, the most common words of advice  \u003cbr\u003ewere \"Write about something you know something  \u003cbr\u003eabout\". Since I didn't know anything about  \u003cbr\u003eanything, my first novel was never completed.  \u003cbr\u003eLater, when I was sure I knew everything worth  \u003cbr\u003eknowing, I wrote my second novel. But by the  \u003cbr\u003etime I finished it, I knew I still had a lot to  \u003cbr\u003elearn.  \u003cbr\u003eSo I didn't write my third novel until a few years  \u003cbr\u003elater, when what I didn't know was piling up a  \u003cbr\u003elot faster than what I did know. I knew I had  \u003cbr\u003eto try again before the unknown got so huge  \u003cbr\u003ein comparison to the known that I would be  \u003cbr\u003etoo intimidated to even attempt a short story  \u003cbr\u003eabout what I did that summer.  \u003cbr\u003eA house fire in 2004 destroyed my only copies  \u003cbr\u003eof novels two and three. Small loss. They were  \u003cbr\u003eworthless.  \u003cbr\u003eAlthough I had reached that stage in life when I  \u003cbr\u003eknew I would never know anything, it was too  \u003cbr\u003elate to admit it. After all, I was a novelist. In fact,  \u003cbr\u003eI was so confident my fourth novel was worth  \u003cbr\u003epublishing that I published it myself. Sold 17  \u003cbr\u003ecopies, gave away a couple hundred, and lost a  \u003cbr\u003elot of money. One person who read it said it was  \u003cbr\u003e\"almost as good as a real novel\".  \u003cbr\u003eThis fifth novel is my best book so far. But just  \u003cbr\u003ein case it flops too, I've already started writing  \u003cbr\u003emy sixth novel. It's going to be sensational.","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143385530608,"sku":"9781453522592","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453522592_p0.jpg?v=1763851887","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453522592","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}