A Ronin’s Journey: Chapter 14

August 2014

In writing this book, I’ve had to watch for the all-too-human tendency to make myself look better. Like how that buck you missed had antlers that grow more massive every time you tell the story. Or the fight you won was against five guys on PCP instead of really being one guy who tripped and knocked himself out. Fortunately, I have the journal entries to keep me on course with what was happening and where my head was. I also asked my editors to help make sure I didn’t overdramatize. 

I was working on the November chapter with its two significant events that would be easy for me to look like I’m Batman. The things that seem little make substantial differences in the end but can easily be made more prominent. They’re things that need to be done and learned from.