Jeffrey Dale Lofton On The Five Things You Need to Know to Become a Great Author

Learn to take the commentary of others (whether from a writing group, an editor, a teacher, or a random reader) with grace, however ungraceful their comments may be.

As part of my interview series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jeffrey Dale. Jeffrey Lofton hails from Warm Springs, Georgia, best known for Roosevelt’s Little White House. He calls the nation’s capital home now, where early on he spent many a night acting on the stages of DC’s theaters and performing arts centers. He even scored a few television appearances, including a Super Bowl halftime commercial, which his accountant wisecracked “Is the finest work of your career.”

When he stepped away from acting for other, more traditional employment (much to his parents’ delight and relief), he also focused on pursuing post-graduate work, ultimately being awarded Master’s degrees in both Public Administration and Library and Information Science. Today, he is a senior advisor at the Library of Congress, surrounded by books and people who love books — in short, paradise.

Thank you so much for joining us! Can you share a story about what brought you to this particular career path?