The Book

Last month I referred to a book project that I intended to start. Well, I have most of chapter one drafted. Now the polishing stage has begun. Edit after edit has kept me occupied for most of the month. The blogs have been placed on the back burner for now. I will delve into further research and development of my narrative. The Internet is a valuable tool, but nothing replaces good old-fashioned trips to the book store, library, old-timey telephone and, gasp, in-person interviews. It is a work in progress that tells my family story growing up a preacher's son. My parents were both blind and I believe most readers will find their stories very interesting. Particularly how they lost their sight. My dad in an explosion in 1947 and my mom at the hand of her own mother when she was only 10 months old. 

It is also my story in Christian radio and subsequent years. My focus now is writing a fully researched paper that will provide the back-story and basis for the whole. I already have hours of audio tape dairies my dad made and a few relevant newspaper articles. The accident of '47 is available in gruesome detail from the National Archive since it involved a nearby military base. A bomb thought to be a dud landed near my dad's residence. The ordinance was responsible for the death of my 11 year old uncle, his neighbor, the loss of my dad's sight, and an aunt's eye. Obviously, I have my work cut out for me.

Stay tuned

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