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From YouTube: Mayor's Magazine - August 2013
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Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett's August program is dedicated to Oklahoma City area authors.
00:00 - M. Scott Carter
07:53 - Malena Lott
15:29 - Merline Lovelace
23:02 - Kim Terry with the Metropolitan Library System
A
Hello
there
and
welcome
once
again
to
the
mayor's
magazine,
I'm
Mick
Cornett,
the
mayor
of
Oklahoma
City,
and
this
is
the
mayor's
magazine
for
august
2013.
Once
again,
we
are
going
to
dedicate
a
show
entirely
to
Oklahoma
City
or
Oklahoma
City
area
based
authors.
We've
done
this
a
couple
of
times
in
the
past
and
got
rave
reviews
for
it,
even
if
our
authors
didn't
necessarily
get
it
for
their
books,
but
our
first
guest
is
M
Scott
Carter
Scott.
Thank
you.
You've
been
Scott
you're,
a
business
reporter
for
The
Journal
wreck,
I.
B
Wanted
to
write
I've
been
an
avid
reader
since
I
was
a
little
kid
and
I've
wanted
to
write
books
for
years,
and
I
would
start
and
stop
and
start
and
stop
and
about
15
years
ago,
I
really
got
focused
on
it
and
started
writing
it
took
a
long
time
to
publish
that
first
one.
It
was.
It
was
a
lot
of
frustration
at
times
and
lots
of
rejection
letters,
but
it
finally
paid
off
tell.
B
B
It's
about
two
boys
that
grew
up
together
and
one
was
killed
and
the
other
didn't
deal
with
it
really
well,
so
he
he
was
sent
to
a
treatment
center
and
there
he
meets
a
girl
falls
in
love
with
her
and
discovers
that
in
the
end,
the
girl
is
down
there
recovering
from
heart
surgery
and
she
said
a
heart
transplant
and
it's
the
heart
of
his
best
friend.
So
it
kind
of
ties
it
all
together
on
them
is
any.
A
B
A
B
Be
is
about
a
young
girl
there
they
start
out
living
in
tulsa.
She
is
the
daughter
of
a
famous
geneticist
and
her
mother
is
a
pianist
and
she
accidentally
do
a
series
of
mistakes
and
and
not
listening
to
her
dad
accidentally
clones
Beethoven
and
brings
him
back
to
the
21st
century.
As
a
teenager
teaches
him
how
to
play.
The
guitar
falls
in
love
with
him
and
then
has
to
let
him
go
now.
B
B
But
the
idea
stayed
in
my
head
and
about
30
years
later,
I'm
driving
down
the
road
one
day
and
I'm
listening
to
the
radio
and
Beethoven's
ninth
comes
on
and
suddenly
it
kind
of
started
taking
shape
and
I
thought
wow.
That's
really
bizarre,
but
it's
really
fun
so
I
started
scribbling
it
down
at
the
stoplight
and
people
were
honking
and
yelling
at
me
and
after
that
it
went
from
there
and.
A
B
Girl
clothes
boy,
girl,
yeah,
it
was
I
did
there
was
a
lot
of
research.
I
spent
about
a
year
researching
Beethoven's
life
a
year,
researching
tissue
replication
and
cloning
and
stuff
like
that.
So
it's
got
all
sorts
of.
It's
got
that
in
there
and
then
a
lot
of
history
about
rock
and
roll
in
there
too.
On
the.
A
A
B
The
journalism
was
good
training
for
that,
because
I've
had
editors,
look
at
my
stories
and
wat
him
up
and
go
do
that
again
and
so
you
get
you
develop
a
thick
skin
I
had
I've
had
reviews
that
loved
it
and
I've
had
reviews
that
said,
I
can't
believe
this
made
it
in
print
and
the
only
thing
I
take
from
that
is
that
every
author,
I
think,
has
that
sure.
But
I
wrote
this
book
that
I
wanted
to
ride
and
told
the
story
that
I
wanted
to
tell
and
I
feel
good
about
that.
So
now.
A
B
More
toward
the
a
little
bit
at
a
time,
I
start
out
and
I
write
a
treatment
that
kind
of
outlines
the
whole
book
and
that's
usually
three
or
four
pages,
and
then
I
leave
that
alone
for
a
couple
of
days
and
go
back
and
look
at
it
and
tweak
weak
spots
and
then
I
start
plotting
and
writing.
But
it's
usually
an
hour
hour
and
a
half
a
day
and
it's
usually
either
really
early
in
the
morning
or
really
late
at
night,
when
the
kids
are
asleep
in
the
house
is
quiet.
He.
B
Cuz
I
was
telling
my
wife
of
the
plot
and
she
didn't
like
the
ending.
She
just
threw
a
fit
about
the
first
ending
I
had
and
she
was
reading
the
treatment
and
she
was
asking
me
questions.
We
were
having
dinner,
and
so
she
goes.
You
got
to
do
something
different.
This
depressed
people
will
hate
you
for
this.
B
B
A
D
A
A
A
C
I
usually
write
every
morning,
I
try
to
have
that
be
the
first
thing
I
do
once
I've
had
a
little
coffee
in
me
and
I
get
my
juices
flowing
then
I
like
to
write
for
an
hour
a
couple
hours
and
then
a
lot
of
times
on
Sundays
I
might
write
during
a
long
stretch
and
then
so
it
just
kind
of
depends
on.
You
know
how
the
week's
going,
but
I
definitely
like
to
write
something
every
day.
Yeah.
C
You
know
women's
stories,
and
so
my
second
book
dating
da
Vinci
came
out
in
2008
so,
and
that
was
a
little
bit
more
spread
apart
and
then
fixer-upper,
which
I
set
actually
in
eastern
Oklahoma,
came
out
in
2011,
and
that
was
a
digital
first
release,
and
that
was
the
first
time
I'd
done
that
because
by
then
ebooks
were
you
know,
definitely
more
popular.
So.
A
C
For
Twin
Falls,
which
is
a
young
adult
paranormal
book,
and
that's
a
new
genre
for
me-
I'm
writing
a
trilogy
about
messenger
angels
in
texas,
actually
that
one
I
had
to
plot
out
more
because
I
needed
to
build
the
world.
You
know
what
are
the
biology
of
these
angels,
what
you
know
they
have
an
underground
colony
in
Texas,
so
I
had
to
figure
out.
What
does
that?
C
Look
like
you
know
under
the
red
dirt
and
then
all
their
powers,
and
that
kind
of
thing
so
that
one
not
only
just
the
plot,
but
just
the
world
building
took
a
lot
of
time
on
that
the
characterization
always
comes
more
easily
for
me,
and
that's
probably
oh
I'm
really
drawn
to
women's
fiction,
because
the
characters
are
so
important,
and
so
that's
so
I
think
I'd
do
it,
but
but
I
like
it
and
I
probably
should
plot
more.
That
would
probably
help
but
I
really
enjoyed
discovering
the
book
as
I'm
writing
it
to
do.
A
C
I
do
and
I
definitely
identify
myself
in
every
book
that
I've
written,
even
when,
like
my
last
two
novels,
are
told
in
multiple
points
of
view.
So
one
has
goes
the
three
sisters,
so
it
takes
turns
and
there's
and
then
in
something
new
that
set
in
downtown
Oklahoma
City.
It's
told
by
also
three
points
of
view,
but
it's
three
different
generations
of
women,
so
that
was
a
really
fun
challenge,
but
I
always
recognize
something
from
my
life
or
I'll.
Take
something
I'm
really
interested
in,
like
you
know,
mid-century
modern
architecture
and
go
oh.
C
A
C
No
actually
I
used
to
have
an
ad
agency.
An
onus
was
one
of
my
first
client,
so
you'll,
see
known
as
in
there
you'll
see
several
spots
downtown
that
are
in
the
book
and
I.
Actually,
when
the
lofts
first
started
coming
downtown
I
did
that
tour
and
I
thought.
Well,
that's
where
I'm
going
to
place
these
characters
all
three
generations,
so
it's
for
women
living
together
in
a
loft
in
downtown
Oklahoma
City.
C
So
that's
where
it
first
gave
me
the
idea
and
then
of
course,
they're
all
going
through
these
periods
of
transition,
one's
getting
ready
to
get
married
ones,
getting
a
divorce
and
they're
all
at
these
different.
You
know
junctures
in
the
life.
So
that's
why
the
something
new
was
appropriate,
but
so.
A
C
My
daughter
is
a
competitive,
dancer,
she's
13,
she
dances
at
dance
phase
there
in
edmond
and
so
her
first
year.
It
was
just
like
what
are
we
doing.
You
know
the
competitions
and
then
all
the
costumes
and
there's
so
much
there's
a
huge
learning
curve
to
it,
and
so,
with
my
my
best
friend
dance
mom,
I
said
we
should
write
all
this
down
so
that
we
can
share
it
with
other
book.
A
C
C
A
C
C
Know
so
obviously,
I
have
I,
have
emotional
things
I'm
working
through
and
that's
that's.
What
is
so
great
about
very
healing
and
the
family.
Charms
was
based
on
my
sister's
live
being
estranged
from
my
mother
for
20
years,
and
so
they
get
this
trip
around
the
world
to
meet
her,
which
we
didn't
get
in
real
life.
But
it
was
so
healing
to
write
about
that.
You
know
because
we
were
raised
by
my
grandparents.
It
was
wonderful,
but
you
always
have
that
that
my
what,
if
was
you
know
where
in
the
world?
Is
she
right
now?
C
Because
we
didn't
have
communication
with
her
and
so
when
I
thought
of
the
story,
and
he
was
about
two
thousand
nine
that
I
thought
of
it
and
I
just
thought
what
if
they
got
a
letter
inviting
her
and
say
here's
where
I've
been
in
the
last
twenty,
so
they
go
to
amazing
places.
I
mean
you
know,
Africa
and
Hawaii,
and
and
all
that
to
see
where
she's
been
and
really
what
kept
her
away,
because
there
was
a
reason
for
it.
You.
C
C
D
A
A
D
C
D
A
D
When
I'm
on
deadline,
it's
a
full-time
job,
so
I'm,
usually
you
know
the
old
military
discipline
I'm,
usually
at
my
desk
by
around
5
30
or
six
and
then
I'll
write
till
two
or
three
in
the
afternoon,
then
I
exercise
and
and
then
the
rest
of
the
day
is
taken
up
in
the
business
into
the
business.
Writing,
there's
a
lot
editing
and
answering
emails
and
be
our
stuff.
So
it's
a
full-time
job,
yeah.
A
D
Well,
I
was
agented
for
maybe
the
first
40
or
50
books,
and
so
the
agent
did
all
the
negotiations
and
so
on,
and
so
my
relationship
is
mostly
with
my
editors
and
I.
Had
many
different
I
write
for
number
of
different
houses
and
lines,
so
you
establish
relationships
with
those
editors
and
you
do
like
I've
been
lucky
haven't
had
to
do
too
many
revisions,
but
any
revisions
or
any
you
know
the
initial
story
line
and
so
on.
Your
work
with
you.
A
D
A
D
Either
like
them,
I
don't
like
them.
I
mean
early
on
when
you
start,
you
know,
especially
when
you're
prolific,
and
you
get
an
idea
for
a
book
that
something
like.
I
think
I
was
going
to
do
some
rap
door,
Healing
Center,
and
they
had
already
done
a
book
just
recently
on
that.
So
they
suggested
something
else.
So,
but
I've
usually
got
more
ideas.
A
A
D
A
D
This
is
based
on
actual
historical
fact.
These
are
a
group
of
women.
There
are
french
speaking
american
and
canadian
women
who
went
over
and
served
with
electric
persians,
american
expeditionary
forces
in
world
war
one-
and
it
was
very
personal
to
me
because
I
was
at
the
Pentagon
and
I
work
for
assistant
secretary,
the
Air
Force,
who
one
of
his
office's
that
approved
applications
for
veteran
status
for
various
groups,
and
these
women
I
mean
this
was
World
War
one.
They
were
over
there
in
France.
D
They
wore
army
uniforms,
they
stood
inspection,
they
were
subject
to
army
rules
and
regulations,
but
they
weren't
granted
veteran
status
until
1978
and
so
I
started.
I
was
I,
saw
this
and
I
started,
researching
it,
and
so
I
kind
of
wrote
it
for
all
of
the
women
who
have
served
over
the
years
and
and
and
I
do
that
a
lot
I
do
most
of
my
books.
Have
some
military
connection
is.
D
D
D
A
D
A
A
A
A
You've
been
able
to
set
off
stage
and
as
we
interviewed
the
the
last
three
authors
here
locally
and
I
assume
their
books
are
available
at
throughout
the
library
system.
You
have
a
lot
of
programs
in
the
summer.
You
know,
especially
because
you
know
kids
get
out
of
school
and
a
lot
of
parents
want
to
make
sure
that
their
kids
continue
to
stay
engaged
in
books
and
that's
where
the
library
comes
in.
That's.
E
We
just
finished
up
the
summer
reading
program
and
of
course,
like
you
said
summer
is
the
perfect
time
you
know
you
they
need
to
stay
reading
over
the
summer,
because
that's
the
best
time,
if
they
don't
read
while
they're
on
holiday,
then
there's
their
scores
can
diminish.
So
it
was
great
over
the
summer.
Everyone
was
signing
up
for
summer
reading.
Well
now
it's
August,
so
we
want
people
to
continue
coming
into
the
reading.
So
we've
got
some
great
programs
going
on
I'm
continuing
on
with
this
author
tradition,
Bella
library.
E
A
A
Like
you
all
are
so
busy
I
get
the
monthly
magazine
that
that
your
department
puts
out
and
I'm
just
amazed
every
month
at
how
many
different
things
you're
involved
with
I
guess
I
would
have
thought
coming
from
the
outside
ten
years
ago.
That
people
just
went
in
and
checked
out
a
book,
and
that
was
kind
of
the
end
of
the
programming.
But
it's
almost
like
that's
a
very
small
part
of
the
process.
E
I
mean
we
do.
I
was
looking
at
the
magazine.
We
have
over
a
hundred
and
fifty
programs
every
month
at
all
of
our
library.
You
know
we
have
19
libraries
all
across
Oklahoma
County
and
they
range
from
music
events.
You
know
later
on
this
fall.
We've
got
the
cimarron
opera
coming
so
if
anyone's
curious
about
opera
hey,
this
is
a
perfect
time.
All
of
our
programs
are
free.
Come
to
the
library,
learn
a
little
bit
about
opera.
E
E
In
eco
sumers
that
love
the
ebook
genre,
it's
just
so
easy
for
people
to
have
their
library
card
and
be
able
to
download
a
book
from
their
home
or
the
other
day
was
in
the
airport
and
I
thought.
Let
me
download
a
book
before
I
leave,
so
I
just
went
out
to
the
library
site,
found
a
book
and
downloaded
it,
so
it's
just
so
convenient
for
people
to
do
that.
E
So
we
still
we're
always
going
to
have
those
physical
books,
but
we're
getting
to
where
we
have
so
many
of
the
ebooks
to,
and
you
know
more
and
more
publishers
are
making
those
available
at
first
it
was
difficult.
There
was
a
there
was
a
difficult
relationship,
but
now
I
think
they're,
seeing
there's
no
different
relationship
than
a
physical
book
that
electronic
look.
C
A
E
You
have
to
have
your
library
card,
so
then
you
go
out.
We
have
a
button
on
our
website
and
its
called
a
media
from
there.
You
just
go
out
to
eat
media.
You
find
the
book
that
you
want
and
you
just
look
is
it?
Is
it
actually
on
the
shelf
or
do
you
have
to
put
a
hold
on
it?
If
it
says
borrow
you
can
just
it's
like
it's
really
there
you
say
borrow
you
enter
your
library
card
and
it
asks
you.
What
kind
of
format
do
you
want?