THE INTERNATIONAL PULPWOOD QUEENS AND TIMBER GUY BOOK CLUB
OFF THE PAGE with RIVER JORDAN
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys, So, I was thinking about you guys and how when I came to PWQ weekend you would beg me to tell stories that were off the page. That is – I have loved how you have loved my novels and other books – but I got such a kick out of the whole – just tell us another story, River. About your cousins, about the creek, about snakes, old boyfriends, hap and happenstance, travels and travails. And I thought it would be such good fun to celebrate this long-standing relationship we have and all the memories you’ve given me by sharing with you stories that have nothing to do with my books or current writing projects or the publishing business. Just crazy, fun, real stories about life off the page. What’s really going on behind that writerly façade. Well, I’ll tell you. Chaos. That’s what goes on. My youngest son says I’m a chaos magnet and 114
MAY 2022