When “King Arthur”—dear friend, retired Army officer, and my book editor—asked, “When you’re finished writing the Katyn book, what’s next?” Sitting on his Texas porch, I was bewildered by his simple question. I didn’t know what to say because I hadn’t imagined my life after the Katyn book.
Three weeks after he asked me that question, I finished drafting the book. The last word exhausted me not because doing so took me sixteen years to accomplish that moment, but performing that act of completion now initiated a new journey: what indeed is next? Excitement, anxiety, dread, and wonder flooded me. Of course, the next step is to find a book agent and publisher. And?
While I search for prospects, I sense I am not finished yet with Katyn or the book. I can’t just “stop” or “find a new project.” The manuscript needs help. How to help it?
To blog or not to blog? An exciting and terrifying question. I never wrote one, and so why do I think I need to blog? Intuition tells me I should.
This blog will provide a venue to describe my writing process for the book. It may shed light on my thought process. Perhaps there’s an inside narrative I unknowingly will reveal here that might explain the whys, hows, and whats of the book. A raison d’etre. It may allow potential readers of the Katyn book to gain alternative perspectives on my book’s journey. I might, too, learn something about myself.