I talked to J.D. Salinger today.

I know what you have heard- he won't talk to anyone except Nicholas Cage, (or wait there was not proof of them talking, just an autograph for Ms. Arquette), but I managed it just the same.

I channeled him in the shower.

He gave me some good writing advice that I promised not to share with anyone, and I told him that I enjoy Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zoey at least once a year.

I also told him that I knew he had written other books later in life and that I understood him not wanting to share them with the masses and critics. 

Sometimes the writing you do, is just for you and you don't need others to validate you, your writing, or trample all over it either.