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Sometimes people ask me, when did you decide to start writing? I decided on a whim, in the drive-through of a McDonald's in Richmond, VA, when my friend from high school mentioned somewhat offhandedly, "I always thought you'd be a writer." The trailer started the same way. At an author event at the Haverhill Library, a publicist wandered by, listened to my pitch, and said, "You should do a trailer."

It's important to pay attention to the little things people say. Some of them turn out to be big things.

And as Calvin Coolidge said, it's important to Press On. We worked on this trailer for months. It was a big project and there were lots of details to figure out along the way. And like any project, there are people, places, equipment, expenses and ideas to manage.

Eric Joslin, the Director, and I kept each other going. This, despite the fact that it was enormously time consuming, was a side-project for both of us, outside our "normal" work routine, so we needed to press on and make it happen.

And I still need to press on to build an updated website for www.writtenbyelizabethdougherty.com and to distribute the trailer so lots of people can see it. But first, I've got to run. A 7-mile tempo run is on the Boston Marathon training schedule for today.

Time to bundle up and hit the trail!