Tickled

          "You write books?" This is what a student asked of me today. I can't help but laugh because it's laughable. I am a math professor - not at all what most people invision a fiction author to be. Yet, I am. I am! "When does it come out?"
          "May, after final exams."
          "Well, what is it about?"
          "It's a modern-day version of Snow White."
          Her eyes bugged.  "I would read that."
          My response: