“Look at Bond. He’s so good at Math and Science. He will one day get a job in Microsoft or Google. He will one day rule Silicon Valley.” These were more words Dad and Mom kept speaking that really left me feeling worthless, like I was just a piece of thrash God just dropped into this world.
I was beginning to believe that writing was something not worth taking seriously until I learned from Miss Florence that Bosco Jude would be coming to my school. She also let me know that she had sent Bosco a copy of my published story. Bosco Jude was a famous American novelist. He was from Little Rock, Arkansas. He had many titles to his credit, ten of which were bestsellers, all already sold to Hollywood studios for movie projects. Bosco was on a reading tour of selected schools.
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