Just Speak, Don't Stop: Speech Enables Success
This article was originally written on November 8, 2025, so it will certainly be dated only in regards to when it was written. Otherwise, it's not dated. At the Hanover Book Expo on today November 8, 2025, I sold things for the first time. My trove of Legos, with some pieces dating back over 16 years, was a secluded and largely underutilized sideshow for the authors selling books. I shared the same spot in the VFW where Linda Lyles ran a face painting table. Initially, I had intended to run a Lego building contest for children ages 6 to 12, only to realize that not many of them who had come were interested in building along what sparse rules I had set, or were too young to safely play with Legos (choking hazard, you know). Their parents were also uninterested in whatever I had planned. They were more interested in taking a look at all the shiny, highly varied pieces and whatever miscellaneous knickknacks could be found. ...