Watching to Reading
Buddy Ebsen wrote a novel called “Kelly’s Quest” long after his retirement from showbiz. It was a collection of poems revealing the story of a young girl’s journey of joy through to heartbreak, including important lessons about love and life.
After being rejected by 9 publishers, he decided to go ahead with publishing it himself and the novel made it’s way up to #3 on the Los Angeles Times paperback best-seller in 2001.