The question stumped me. Like Bambi caught in the headlights on Highway 2, I blinked, momentarily stunned. That’s the danger of author Q&A time at book signing events. No matter how prepared you are and no matter how well you know your subject matter (yourself and your book), there’s always a chance someone will lob a question out of left field that will render your carefully prepared notes useless. That’s what happened to me on Sunday at Auntie’s Bookstore when I fielded questions following a reading of “War Bonds: Love Stories From the Greatest Generation.” Someone had asked what my next book would be about and I replied that I hoped to start working on a collection of my Front Porch columns. I said the working title is either “Put the Seat Down!, Life Among the Savages” or “Boy Crazy.” That prompted a nice lady to ask the $64,000 question: “What advice will you give to your daughter-in-laws?”/Cindy Hval, Front Porch, SR. More here.

Question: What advice did/will you give to your future daughter- or son-in-law?