By Lee Pfeiffer
For those of us who have written numerous books, it goes without saying that the people closest to us have probably never read our work. Wives, husbands, kids, colleagues and close friends always are supportive and wish you well with your latest endeavor. They tolerate the mood swings, long hours meeting seemingly impossible deadlines and empty promises not to start another book project for a long, long time. However, their support doesn't mean that they have any interest in the subject matter. There's nothing offensive about it - you can't expect your teenaged daughter to cuddle up at night with a book about the films of John Wayne. For family members, the fact that mom or dad is an author is perhaps a bit more offbeat than most parent's careers but it becomes just as mundane over time. This is equally true when writers get together with other writers. Someone always has a book in the works but discussion of the latest project rarely goes beyond a few seconds during social gatherings. These trends extend even to those closest to famous writers such as the late Joseph Heller, whose great novel Catch-22 is now being celebrated on the 50th anniversary of its publication. In a remarkable column, Heller's daughter Erica, now in her 60s, confesses she has never read any of her father's books- but is about to break the trend by finally reading Catch-22 - though she does so was reluctance. Click here for more