User talk:Barbarakentlawrence

Hi - I recently checked for my name - Barbara Kent Lawrence, online and found a Wikipedia article about Barbara Lawrence. I haven't created an entry on wikipedia, though I have thought about doing so - I just don't know how to do it. I was surprised to find titles of books I've written (Bitter Ice, Islands of Time, and The Other Island: Ben's Story) attributed to Dr. Barbara Lawrence, the paleontologist. I'm not sure how to create my own wikipedia entry or correct the one I found for Dr. Lawrence.

One irony of this story - in 1962, when I was a college dropout, I was hired by the Director of the Peabody Museum at Harvard. I had applied for a job, was treated very kindly and was delighted the secretary immediately set up an appointment for me with the Director. As soon the Director saw me, however, he burst into raucous laughter, and explained they had thought I was the REAL Barbara Lawrence, a highly regarded paleontologist, not a college kid. He hired me anyway as a summer intern, and being at the Peabody convinced me I needed to go back to college.

I will appreciate any guidance you can share.

Thanks,

Barbara


 * Hello, Barbara. Here are a few comments in answer.


 * 1) I've moved this page to give your user name instead of an IP address.
 * 2) Where are your books attributed to the wrong Barbara Lawrence? I can't find that.
 * 3) Creating an article about oneself is strongly discouraged. See Autobiography for further information about that. Breaking sticks (talk) 22:38, 20 May 2019 (UTC)