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So I was on the phone with my sister telling her how I met Orlando Bloom in Louisville...

You mean I didn't tell you?

How could I have forgotten to mention the highlight of the book tour?

It happened in an elevator of the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. I walked in with my escort, he walked in with his entourage, including a black lab. Naturally, I swooned and gushed, "I loved you in Titanic!

No, not really. I didn't actually speak to him. He was talking on a cell phone, and as I mentioned, he was not alone. So I couldn't slip him a copy of any of my books and beg him to produce and star in the movie. I did, however, pet his dog.

At first I was flattered that Orlando Bloom had come all the way to Louisville just to attend my book signing. Later I found out that he was in town shooting a movie called Elizabethtown with Susan Saradon and Kirsten Dunst. Unfortunately, I didn't catch a glimpse of them, so I don't know what kind of dogs they brought, if any.

So anyway, like I said, I was on the phone with my sister embellishing my story of how I met Orlando Bloom. After I hung up the phone, my son Nicholas gave me an odd look and asked, "Who did you meet in an elevator?"

"Orlando Bloom," I told him.

"Oh," he said. "I thought you said Brenda Blue. That would have been interesting."