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Merry Christmas-

I got to spend my first Christmas with my family at home in years.... for example, I spent my last christmas flying to Albuquerque, New Mexico to play a game the next day, but only ended up catching the flu anyway, making it all for naught.

Furthermore, with the downtime that I have very much appreciated, I was able to finish my book, God and Shield, my historical fiction about a teutonic knight. I have actually been working on that book since 2005, so I am grateful I finally finished it. It truly became a love/hate relationship with that book.

Lately, I have had many people run into me or send me emails lately about how much they enjoyed Longshot, but with the truth that they got it from the library. On one hand, I am grateful that they got to hear my story and it helped them in some way, but there is no sort of record that keeps track of how many times my book was checked from the library- only overall book sales. So, while yes, it is nice that people are growing to know my story, it does not help future prospects for more books to be published, when consumers get them from the library or even buy them used on amazon, because in the capitalist market we live in, if my books don't sell, I can't continue to write more books.... it's a vicious catch-22 with the library system and amazon.

Who knew the public library system would actually become my enemy?

Here is to hoping the paperback, which will be much cheaper than the hardback, takes off when it comes out in May. I've always wanted to be a paperback writer.....

Happy New Year, and please do me a favor and don't set a new year's resolution, instead set a resolution today. You don't need some abstract day called January 1st, to make a goal, when you can make one at any moment, whenever you want.