Wednesday, December 22,2021
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Local man writes book on racial division in America
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
A Dawsonville man has recently writ
ten and published a novel addressing the
racial division in America and aiming to
make readers question what they can do
to help find a solution.
William “Dub” Anderson said that the
idea for his book, “The Price of Perfect”,
first came to him several years ago as he
observed the division between the races
in America.
“This book came about a few years ago
and my just being concerned about our
country; America is an angry place in
many respects but also a fabulous place,”
Anderson said. “I thought there’s a real
story there in how we’re not communicat
ing between the races; it’s a fractured
country over culture and over race.”
Anderson began researching, reading
works by well-known African American
activists, talking to people and learning
where both sides of the issue are coming
from. He said that, in his research, one
thing he realized was that a root of the
problem is a lack of communication.
“I majored in communications at
Georgia, and a lot of it breaks down to
we’re just not communicating,” Anderson
said. “So I tried to write a novel showing
both sides of this racial issue and a little
bit in the extremes, because I don’t think
we’re talking to each other in frank man
ners. We’re afraid we’ll offend the other
person; but if you’re always afraid of
offending them you’ll never discover
what they’re really about.”
The novel follows a man as he fights
to be true to his beliefs during a time in
America where there is division and dis
agreement at every turn. Anderson said
that, while that’s the main storyline, sev
eral stories form as the book goes on.
“There are really a number of stories
within the story, and the main story is
about an Atlanta architect who tries to
stand in his beliefs against a very power
ful TV reporter,” Anderson said.
“There’s a love story that can’t be, and
there’s a man that’s standing for his
beliefs even though it could destroy his
marriage and family.”
“The Price of Perfect” is Anderson’s
fourth book he has written and an entry
on an impressive career as a writer. He
started writing when he got out of col
lege and his first job was as a writer at
Vogue magazine in New York. He then
moved back to Georgia, where he started
a job as a copywriter and then opened
several ad agencies in Atlanta and
Savannah where he was a creative direc-
'When I'm writing a novel like
that, I don't necessarily know
which way the novel is going.
I've got a general idea of the
story I wanna write, but I sit
down and start writing and
the characters start develop
ing themselves so I literally
become a stenographer for
the characters in the story.'
William ‘Dub’ Anderson
Local writer
tor and senior writer.
Anderson has now lived in
Dawsonville for 12 years and has written
three other books: “The Wild Man from
Sugar Creek”, “God’s Arm” and “Jesus
at 65”. He said that the writing process
for his newest book took a total of about
five years to complete.
“When I’m writing a novel like that, I
don’t necessarily know which way the
novel is going,” Anderson said. “I’ve got
a general idea of the story I wanna write,
but I sit down and start writing and the
characters start developing themselves
so I literally become a stenographer for
the characters in the story.”
According to Anderson, his hope for
his novel is that it can make readers think
and consider both sides of the racial
divide, no matter of their own skin color.
“A goal of the book would be to lay it
out in a very frank way, hopefully fair on
both sides of the issue, and to have peo
ple start to think ‘maybe we ought to get
together and talk about this more’,”
Anderson said. “All white people are
categorized and all black people are cat
egorized as thinking the same way, but
none of us think the same way — it’s an
opportunity to talk very frankly and to
try to understand where each side is
coming from.”
To read more about Anderson and his
book, go to his website at https ://willia-
mandersonwriter.com/.
To purchase “The Price of Perfect” on
Amazon, go to https://www.amazon.com/
Price-Perfect-Novel-William-Anderson/
dp/1954000243/ref=sr_ 1 _ 1 ?crid=9 W QN
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Dawson upgrading
vehicles, drivers records
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Beginning on Thursday Dec. 30, the
Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR)
will start a system upgrade to the state’s
Driver Record and Integrated Vehicle
Enterprise System (DRIVES) to help
reduce operational costs and improve
efficiency, according to a press release by
the Dawson County Tax Commissioner’s
office.
The DRIVES upgrade will make vehi
cle registrations and titling services,
including e-Services and tag renewal
kiosks, unavailable from Thursday, Dec.
30 at 7 p.m. through Monday, Jan. 3.
During this time, county tag offices and
the Georgia DOR Motor Vehicle
Division will not be able to process
transactions, motor vehicle self service
kiosks will be down and all online
motor vehicle related services, including
online tag renewal services, will be
unavailable, the release said.
“Vehicle owners with expiration dates
in late December and early January are
encouraged to renew prior to Dec. 30,
2021 at 7 p.m. to avoid delays,” the
release said.
Customers and dealers who need to
conduct any title transactions should do
so at a county tag office before Thursday,
Dec. 30, the release said. The Dawson
County tag office is located at 25 Justice
Way, Suite 1222 in Dawsonville. Dealers
will be able to initiate electronic title and
registration (ETR) transitions and to
issue emergency temporary operating
permits (TOPs) over New Year’s week
end, and law enforcement will still have
access to motor vehicle records.
The Dawson County tag office will be
closed on Dec. 31 for New Year’s Day
and Jan. 3 for DRIVES update training.
For more information on scheduling
changes, go to the county tag website at
www.DawsonCountyTax.com.
Erica Jones Dawson County News
Local man William "Dub" Anderson has recently published his fourth novel,
"The Price of Perfect'.'
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Humane Society
releases holiday
video encouraging
adoptions, donations
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
The Dawson County Humane Society recently released
a fun holiday video encouraging viewers to consider adopt
ing a pet or donating to the organization this Christmas sea
son.
The video features a performance of the classic
Christmas carol “Angels We Have Heard on High”, with
the lyrics re-written to be about the humane society and its
mission in the community. Several of the humane society’s
cats and dogs are featured throughout the video as they
play and “sing along” with the song.
The Dawson County Humane Society is a no-kill shelter
that has saved over 9000 cats and dogs since 2008. The
organization is always in need of donations, both monetary
and material like dog or cat food. There is also always a
need for people to adopt dogs and cats from the shelter or
to volunteer their time to help out.
To watch the Dawson County Humane Society’s holiday
video, go to https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=zB9kjeCDYY4.
For more information about the Dawson County
Humane Society, including how to adopt a pet, donate or
volunteer, go to https://dawsoncountyhumanesociety.org/.
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