Writing Exercise – Continue on Saturdays

Okay even though it’s Monday, I’m using this writing prompt to get started on my writing projects for this week.   So here goes…
Dusk was long gone and the café was quiet except for a middle-aged man sitting near the door who was typing feverishly on his laptop.  You see he was on a deadline.  He had to finish writing his ebook by the end of the week so he could start promoting it the next week.  He already had joint venture partners all lined up eager to promote his book.  There was just one problem. He couldn’t seem to put everything together in a coherent fashion when he was trying to work at his home office.

Everything kept distracting him.  First of all, there was this exciting playoff game on the television that was beckoning to him.  Secondly, he had his evergrowing honeydo list staring at him.  If that wasn’t bad enough, his kids kept barging into his home office with their various requests.  Finally he had had enough with all of the interruptions.  He told his wife that he was going out for a couple of hours so he could get some work done. So here he is typing his heart out when who should walk in but one of his business associates, Phil.  Now Phil just happened to be an expert in Search Engine Optimization, which is exactly what Dan was writing his ebook about.
“Phil!” Dan waves his hands frantically to get Phil’s attention since Phil was busy chatting on his cell phone.

Phil looks up and sees Dan waving at him. “Bye, Fran. I see one of my colleagues here.  I’ll have to call you back.”

“Hi Dan! How’s it going?”

“Not so good.  I’m trying to finish this darn ebook and I keep getting stuck.”

“Hmm.  What’s the ebook about?”

“It’s about Search Engine Optimization.  I’m writing a simple, easy to understand guide for people new to Internet Marketing.”

“You know that’s my specialty. Hey I’ve got an idea.  Do you have a tape recorder or a video camera on you?”

“I didn’t bring my flip camera, but I do have my voice recorder.”

“Why don’t you interview me and you can use what we say in the interview in your ebook?”

“Phil, that’s a great idea.”

So Dan completes the interview with Phil.  He was so excited that Phil walked into the cafe that day.  That helped him get the meat of his ebook completed.  Now if only he could get some help mowing the lawn….