""For example, I'm not sure how many people interested in the folk music scene in this area would also be interested in the encounter between Walt Robertson's dog, Smoky (half malamute, half chow), and Fred Melberg's (fully loaded) pet skunk. Or the tendency of quart bottles of Bob Clark's home-brewed beer (which he often brought to song fests) to explode in a geyser of foam at inopportune times.""

Hell Don, don't do away with all the anecdotes for God's Sake.

Carefully chosen stories (and I really would love to hear those) will have your readers panting through the pages looking for the next.

Non fiction can be a very dry dish, but a leavening of down home, folksy, humour makes it nigh on irresistable, and the readers will swallow it whole, as long as you choose the best and place them appropriately to the historical narrative.

I hope you make the best seller list.

Don T.