A WHOLE NOTHER STORY
THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME HAS BEEN MY
TAG LINE OR TRADE MARK EVERY SINCE I STARTED WRITING THESE
STORIES. I’M NOT SURE HOW IT GOT STARTED BUT IT IS IN EVERY
STORY I HAVE EVER WRITTEN. OH I MAY HAVE MISSED ONE OR TWO
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, BUT I DON’T THINK SO.
I JUST FINISHED MY 154th STORY AND I MADE SURE MY TRADE MARK
WAS IN IT SOMEWHERE.
MY VERY FIRST STORY “DINOSAUR” HAD A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR
A DIFFERENT TIME IN IT AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN A TYPING ERROR
WHERE I LEFT OFF THE “A” IN ANOTHER. BUT WHEN I SAW THAT
“NOTHER” I USED IT IN MY SECOND STORY, “MY COMPUTER” AND THE
REST IS HISTORY.
SOON I WAS USING IT TO TELL MY READERS THERE WOULD BE
ANOTHER STORY BEFORE LONG.
TIME WENT BY AND I STARTED GETTING SOME OF MY STORIES
PUBLISHED IN ONLINE MAGAZINES AND SENDING MY STORIES TO
FRIENDS ALL OVER THE WORLD, I NOTICED MY TRADE MARK BEING
USED BY OTHERS.
I DON’T MIND BECAUSE I’VE ALWAYS HEARD THAT IMITATION IS THE
HIGHEST FORM OF FLATTERY. EVEN WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT MY
STORIES THEY USE SOME FORM OF MY TRADE MARK.
SOMETIMES I SEE “AS MY FRIEND SAYS THAT’S A WHOLE NUTHER
STORY.” OR AS LOREN SAYS “THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY.”
THIS LETS ME KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE READING MY STORIES. WHAT
MORE CAN AN UNEDUCATED REDNECK FROM THE PINEY WOODS OF EAST
TEXAS WANT?
I’M 72 YEARS OLD NOW AND THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF PLEASURES
LEFT IN THIS LIFE FOR ME. THE FEW I HAVE LIKE WRITING THESE
STORIES AND HAVING PEOPLE READ THEM AND JOHNNIE’S CHOCOLATE
CAKE AND MY DOG, LITTLE FOX ARE ENOUGH TO KEEP ME GOING.
I EVEN SELF PUBLISHED A BOOK. SO I’M STAYING BUSY. BUT AS
I ALWAYS SAY, THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT
TIME.