we are in a conversation with david pearl steen and jennifer sputterneck about the books that they have written. jennifer, it seems that people that write a letter or a note or even a grocery list, they might write an elaborate e- mail, when people write all of the time it seems to me the distinction between writing for publication and writing otherwise is when you actually end up looking for a publisher and get into the nitty-gritty of what that means. i'm wonder figure you can just share that piece of the behind the scenes process. how was it, david, to think of a publisher, look for a publisher and to make that decision about how to have your book published. the finding is difficult because everybody is writing but i independently published both universe, through i universe. the advantage is that not only does the book get out quickly but i had complete freedom to do it the way i wanted to do it. nobody told me, no you cast do it this way, you have to do it that way. there are a lot of quality books being independently published, slick just earned the star from curtis reviews as a bo