> A Discussion With Author Bill Scheft
> NEWSWEEK
> Jul 8, 2002 Issue
>
> Maybe..wondering if he will go on a book tour now

> From Newsweek.com:
> http://www.newsweek.com/id/100600
>
> > A Discussion With Author Bill Scheft
> NEWSWEEK
> Jul 8, 2002 Issue
>
> Bill Scheft has written monologues for "Late Show With David
> Letterman" for more than a decade. His debut novel, "The Ringer,"
> about a "professional" softball player, comes out this week from
> HarperCollins. He talked to Asher Hawkins.

> Maybe..wondering if he will go on a book tour now

> Maybe wrote:

>> A Discussion With Author Bill Scheft
>> NEWSWEEK
>> Jul 8, 2002 Issue

>

>> Maybe..wondering if he will go on a book tour now

>
> It's a little late.

>
>OK. Why does the cover of your book have a picture of a softball
>resting inside a lady's shoe?
>I'm glad you asked. You see, I was with my editor, and all we had was
>the softball, and we didn't know what else to do. But then Elmore
>Leonard walked by in the hall and said, "Why don't you use one of my
>red high heels?" That's where the cover comes from.<

>
> http://members.cox.net/dadoctah/images/menswear.jpg
>
> Snapped that picture in a Target several years ago and have never been able to
> figure out what they were up to....r

>
>R H Draney wrote:

>>
>> http://members.cox.net/dadoctah/images/menswear.jpg
>>
>>Snapped that picture in a Target several years ago and have never been able to
>> figure out what they were up to....r

>
>Maybe it breaks up to "Men swear."

> From Newsweek.com:
> http://www.newsweek.com/id/100600
>
> > A Discussion With Author Bill Scheft
> NEWSWEEK
> Jul 8, 2002 Issue
>
> Bill Scheft has written monologues for "Late Show With David
> Letterman" for more than a decade. His debut novel, "The Ringer,"
> about a "professional" softball player, comes out this week from
> HarperCollins. He talked to Asher Hawkins.
>
> Talk about your background before "Late Show."
> I graduated from Harvard with a degree in Latin. I thought the church
> was coming back. I was a standup comic for 12 years;

> Yet another example of a writer being *qualified*...
> Smart & experienced in comedy...
> Take note.

> On Jul 5, 3:40 am, Crash 'Strawman' Bandicoot
> xXaolXx.com> wrote:

>> Yet another example of a writer being *qualified*...
>> Smart & experienced in comedy...
>> Take note.

>
> Ha.
> I "Played The Crash" and won!
>
> Gary