J.D. Barker

So I've been reading since I was really young. I started reading around three years old. And by the time I got into kindergarten, I'd read all the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drews. And I was kind of really taken by the fact that you could basically create a world, create people, anything that you wanted within the pages of a book. And like that completely fascinated me.

So I've been reading since I was really young. I started reading around three years old. And by the time I got into kindergarten, I'd read all the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drews. And I was kind of really taken by the fact that you could basically create a world, create people, anything that you wanted within the pages of a book. And like that completely fascinated me.

So I've been reading since I was really young. I started reading around three years old. And by the time I got into kindergarten, I'd read all the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drews. And I was kind of really taken by the fact that you could basically create a world, create people, anything that you wanted within the pages of a book. And like that completely fascinated me.

I was even writing back then, I would write these crazy little short stories and I would have a library in my bedroom. My sister would check them out, charge her late fees, the whole deal. And my parents encouraged that to a certain extent, but they also told me, well, you can't make a living as a writer. It's something that you do for fun. So they pushed me down the traditional path.

I was even writing back then, I would write these crazy little short stories and I would have a library in my bedroom. My sister would check them out, charge her late fees, the whole deal. And my parents encouraged that to a certain extent, but they also told me, well, you can't make a living as a writer. It's something that you do for fun. So they pushed me down the traditional path.

I was even writing back then, I would write these crazy little short stories and I would have a library in my bedroom. My sister would check them out, charge her late fees, the whole deal. And my parents encouraged that to a certain extent, but they also told me, well, you can't make a living as a writer. It's something that you do for fun. So they pushed me down the traditional path.

So, you know, went to high school, got my diploma. Then I went off to college. I was down in Fort Lauderdale. I was getting a degree in business and finance to pay for the student loans and all the debt I was racking up. I ended up getting a job with RCA Records and BMG Distribution. I was essentially a glorified babysitter. So if you've ever seen the movie, get them to the Greek.

So, you know, went to high school, got my diploma. Then I went off to college. I was down in Fort Lauderdale. I was getting a degree in business and finance to pay for the student loans and all the debt I was racking up. I ended up getting a job with RCA Records and BMG Distribution. I was essentially a glorified babysitter. So if you've ever seen the movie, get them to the Greek.

So, you know, went to high school, got my diploma. Then I went off to college. I was down in Fort Lauderdale. I was getting a degree in business and finance to pay for the student loans and all the debt I was racking up. I ended up getting a job with RCA Records and BMG Distribution. I was essentially a glorified babysitter. So if you've ever seen the movie, get them to the Greek.

That was essentially my job. So I would have to pick up a recording artist at the airport, get them to the radio station for their interview, get them to their concert, and then get them back out of town. I quickly realized I had some very famous people in the car. So I started to interview them to really date myself.

That was essentially my job. So I would have to pick up a recording artist at the airport, get them to the radio station for their interview, get them to their concert, and then get them back out of town. I quickly realized I had some very famous people in the car. So I started to interview them to really date myself.

That was essentially my job. So I would have to pick up a recording artist at the airport, get them to the radio station for their interview, get them to their concert, and then get them back out of town. I quickly realized I had some very famous people in the car. So I started to interview them to really date myself.

This was people like Tiffany and Debbie Gibson and New Kids on the Block, Madonna. Then the hair bands came to town. We had Poison, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Guns N' Roses. If I got everybody from Guns N' Roses off an airplane, kept them in South Florida for a week and got them back on the airplane without anybody getting arrested, that was a huge win for me.

This was people like Tiffany and Debbie Gibson and New Kids on the Block, Madonna. Then the hair bands came to town. We had Poison, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Guns N' Roses. If I got everybody from Guns N' Roses off an airplane, kept them in South Florida for a week and got them back on the airplane without anybody getting arrested, that was a huge win for me.

This was people like Tiffany and Debbie Gibson and New Kids on the Block, Madonna. Then the hair bands came to town. We had Poison, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Guns N' Roses. If I got everybody from Guns N' Roses off an airplane, kept them in South Florida for a week and got them back on the airplane without anybody getting arrested, that was a huge win for me.

But I would interview them in the car and I would take those interviews and I would sell them to like Teen Magazine and Teen People and Seventeen Magazine. I would interview one person, chop it up into a bunch of different ones. And when you work in that world, you know, you quickly realize everybody that works in publishing has a novel at some stage of development in a desk drawer somewhere.

But I would interview them in the car and I would take those interviews and I would sell them to like Teen Magazine and Teen People and Seventeen Magazine. I would interview one person, chop it up into a bunch of different ones. And when you work in that world, you know, you quickly realize everybody that works in publishing has a novel at some stage of development in a desk drawer somewhere.

But I would interview them in the car and I would take those interviews and I would sell them to like Teen Magazine and Teen People and Seventeen Magazine. I would interview one person, chop it up into a bunch of different ones. And when you work in that world, you know, you quickly realize everybody that works in publishing has a novel at some stage of development in a desk drawer somewhere.

It's always, you know, they've been working on it for the last 10 years. It's 500,000 words long. They're almost done. They feel like it needs a little bit of work. And I kind of became their go-to guy for those projects. They'd pull up the manuscript and give it to me, and I would help them with anything from punctuation and grammar to story development. I used to do that for fun.

It's always, you know, they've been working on it for the last 10 years. It's 500,000 words long. They're almost done. They feel like it needs a little bit of work. And I kind of became their go-to guy for those projects. They'd pull up the manuscript and give it to me, and I would help them with anything from punctuation and grammar to story development. I used to do that for fun.