I am very happy to announce that from now until the end of my current deployment I will donate ALL proceeds from the sale of ROOM FOUR to the wonderful students at Operation All the Way Home.  They are about halfway to building an accessible home for a wounded warrior from their town.  Jerral Hancock lost an arm, suffered burns, and is paraplegic from injuries in Iraq.  He is also the father of two young kids.
His town rallied around him when he returned and then the students of Lancaster High took it a step further.  If you have already read ROOM FOUR, consider a direct donation.  You can read more about Mr. Hancock's journey at www.operationallthewayhome.com
These kids give me great hope for the future!

Much to my chagrin, this is not my own camel.  I was hoping to be issued one during this deployment to the Middle East but such was not the case.  But I did get close enough the other day to pet him.
A book I wrote earlier and (wisely I can say now) did not publish is still there on my desk top.  And the truth is, I just figured out how to gut it and redo it and turn it into a better book.  I don't mind editing.  I usually like it.  But I like the fine tuning side of editing.
I freely admit the thought of chopping out twenty page sections of text is scary.  Maybe it will feel good, like a fresh haircut on a 100 degree day here.
Maybe not.
But it will bring the book back to life.  And that's what it needs.