{"id":1591,"date":"2010-01-12T21:22:44","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T21:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolene-test.com.bishopcompsol.com\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2010-01-12T21:22:44","modified_gmt":"2010-01-12T21:22:44","slug":"les-stobbe-exists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/les-stobbe-exists\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Stobbe Exists!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u2019m pretty sure birth order explains my life long tendency to exaggerate. I was born smack dab in the middle of my sibs, three years younger than my blond and beautiful older sister, three years older than my carrot top, charming clown of a brother. In those circumstances exaggeration was a necessary survival skill, the only way to get the attention in the presence of siblings who had whole bucket loads of beauty and charm I didn\u2019t have.<\/p>\n

The downside of my childhood bent to magnify reality still haunts me. No one in my family believed anything I say unless tangible proof was provided. They still don\u2019t. So for several years after securing Les Stobbe as an agent, all my rellies thought I was making him up because our business was conducted via email. A few years ago, Les and I met at a writers\u2019 conference. He took several of his clients to supper, and our waitress took picture of the five of us. Armed with proof, I snuffed out my clan\u2019s doubts by posting an \u201cI told you so\u201d blog and the photo.<\/p>\n

In case they have niggling and unrealistic suspicions about my ability to doctor photos, more proof came to light a few days ago. Les emailed to announce his new website, StobbeLiterary.com<\/a>. He also asked to put some information about me on his client page<\/a>. (If you scroll down on the client page, you\u2019ll find A Different Dream for My Child<\/a><\/em> listed, too.) He probably thought I agreed because the exposure could boost my career.<\/p>\n

But if that\u2019s what he thinks, he\u2019s giving me too much credit. I just want more proof for the fam. And now I have. If you don\u2019t believe me, sibs, visit StobbeLiterary.com<\/a>. My agent, Les Stobbe, exists!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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