{"id":1253,"date":"2013-01-18T01:30:49","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T01:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dsavannah.com\/blog\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2013-01-18T01:30:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T01:30:49","slug":"the-questions-klepfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsavannah.com\/blog\/index.php\/the-questions-klepfer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Questions with Brandi Klepfer: Bibliophile & BFF"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Long ago, but not far away, I requested The Sweet Potato Queens’ First Big-Ass Novel: Stuff We Didn’t Actually Do, but Could Have, and May Yet<\/em><\/a> from one of my very favorite sites, PaperBackSwap.com<\/a>, which lets you post and swap all kind of books. (The image above is the record of the request.) And oddly enough, I started chatting with the person who sent it to me, one Brandi Klepfer. You know, just through the site. Until our messages became so<\/em> long and extensive, that we decided to start emailing. And facebooking. And chatting, like on the phone. And talking about books. And we decided we\u2019re twinkies, because we have so much in common.<\/p>\n

Then my hubby and I drove to Texas to meet her. And then she drove up to Arkansas to hang out with me. Several visits followed. Her kid even likes me. (I call her Spawn.) (And I think she\u2019s pretty awesome.) I\u2019m fairly certain her husband Sherman likes me too, but he\u2019s pretty quiet. I\u2019m not<\/em> sure he\u2019ll ever quite forgive me for the time Brandi came to visit, on her own, even though he told her not to, and a freak snowstorm hit, and we lost power\u2026 I even named a character in my book<\/a> after Brandi, a language arts teacher, because she loves words and grammar as much as I do.<\/p>\n

Now here\u2019s the remarkable thing: I have been a member of PaperBackSwap.com<\/a> since 12\/23\/2005. Since that time, I have mailed 323 books, and received 273 (with all those books traveling a combined total of 539,194 miles). And Brandi is the ONLY person this happened with. But the universe works in mysterious ways \u2013 because my life is so much better since she\u2019s in it. She\u2019s become one of my very dearest friends, all thanks to the Sweet Potato Queen, Jill Connor Browne<\/a>, and PaperBackSwap.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For some strange reason, Brandi really wanted to answer The Questions<\/a>. Since I\u2019m a giving person, and her answers amused me ~ and may amuse you too ~ what kind of friend would I be if I said no?<\/p>\n

About Brandi (in her words):<\/h2>\n
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The twinkies. People see this picture and ask if we’re sisters. The answer is yes! Just not from the same mother or father or even country.<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019m a transplanted Western Canadian living in Northeast Texas. (dSavannah note<\/span>: And she has quite the Texas twang.) I\u2019m a wife and mom and due to recent circumstances beyond my control, I am trying to figure out what it is I want to be when I grow up.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think anyone will want to contact me, but if they do, they can ask you (dSavannah note<\/span>: meaning me, obviously) and then you can decide if I need to be contacted\u2026ahaha\u2026 I\u2019m such a moron. (dSavannah note<\/span>: Just a small one.)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not an artist. Or a writer. Or a creator of anything that is for sale. I did, however, recently teach myself how to water bath can (thanks to YouTube, Google and frantic phone calls to my mom and mother-in-law). I\u2019ve done it all of two times. Maybe someday, I\u2019ll be able to sell those goodies, but for now, I\u2019m practicing and pawning my wares off on unsuspecting friends and family as guinea pigs.<\/p>\n

dSavannah note<\/span>: Although she is none of those things, she is a great supporter of those of us who are. In addition to me, she recommends {the comments are mine}:<\/p>\n