Every author at some point in their lives has to do book signings. Sometimes it's fun, and sometimes it's not so fun—having to write something interesting for the buyer and smile at them all the time. Of course, if you don't even have the pen in your hand, then it's hard to do any signing at all, so you have to leave it to Mom.

Sun with his mother Breeze Harper, editor of Sistah Vegan at the Farm Sanctuary Hoe Down, Orland, California, May 2010.