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Well, I had a great trip with the boys.  We spent the first week in Morristown and visited with family.  All three of the grandparents hadn’t seen them in over a year, so it was good for them to reconnect.  Then, we went to Chattanooga and stayed at the Choo Choo, which is one of my favorite places.  The ambiance of the old train station is special.  While there, we went to the Tennessee Aquarium and Imax, and if you haven’t been yet, you need to make the trip.  It’s an amazing experience.

After that, we went to Fontana Lake and spent three nights at the Fontana Village Resort.  It’s a pretty nice place and offers a lot for a family to take advantage of.  My only complaint was that the area has become a mecca of sorts for motorcycle enthusiasts, so I had to put up with a lot of posers.  On the other hand, I also got to meet a handful of very cool people who live the life, so in the end, it all balanced out.  The resort is well worth the money, and I’ll probably go back fairly soon.

Now, I’m trying to get back into something of a regular routine.  Dual enrollment has started back, so I’m already in the classroom, and I still need to finish the last few pages of book three, but overall, life is good.  I’ll write more soon.

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I got to go to a Smokies baseball game last night and sit in the WSCC suite/box seats.  That was the most fun I’ve had in quite some time.  The game was pretty good even though it got rained out in the fifth or sixth inning.  We got to see some pretty talented players make some pretty good plays.  The second baseman for Montgomery made what I thought was the play of the night.  A rocket of a liner was hit to his left, and he dove backwards, fielded it, and then fired to second to start a double-play.

In addition to the game, I got to enjoy some wonderful conversation and ate way too much junk food.  If I ever order BBQ nachos again, someone please stop me!  Despite the rain, it was a wonderful evening, and I’m grateful for the tickets from the college.

That’s all for now.  I have a lot of work to do to finish getting ready for the boys.

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I started the last chapter of book three last night.  That’s staggering to me.  I’ve finished three other manuscripts, and each one is a unique experience.  When the last line is written, there’s a moment of disbelief quickly followed by a rush of euphoria.  Weeks, months, and in this case years of hard work are finished, and even though there will still be editing and polishing, the framework of the story is complete.  It’s a feeling that I can only compare to the birth of  my children.  Obviously, their births are more profound, but the feeling is similar.

So sometime either this week or after I take the kids back to Jacksonville, I will complete this book, and I will get to experience for the fourth time in my life that sensation of accomplishment.  I have a suspicion that this one will be more special than the others.  I don’t know what the emotions will be specifically, but I’m certain they will be intense and overwhelming.

My hope is that this book is better than the first two.  The overall story has reached its zenith, and I do feel more mature as a writer.  Hopefully, the book is as compelling to my readers as it seems to me, but you can never tell.  Often, when a writer feels really good about a piece, readers don’t have the same connection to it.  That’s why I’m a little leery.  I feel like it’s a strong manuscript, but I’m worried how others will take it.

Stay tuned…