As part of the constant search for people to check out The Interim and offer a solid opinion, good or bad, a welcome phone message hit my ears tonight.
"Hi, Chris, this is (enter respected author's name here) and I just wanted to let you know that I think you've written a wonderful, wonderful novel."
The name of the aforementioned "respected author" will be revealed at a later date but, the point is, this man, who has probably sold about 1,000,000 more books than I have over my lifetime took the time to read The Interim. He not only read it, but he told me later that he read it in two days and then offered specific praise over plot twists buried deep within.
You have no idea how much this means, especially as he has set the benchmark for sports books, in well-researched non-fiction on controversial subjects and people. I've read his works for more than 20 years -- one, in particular, pushed me into becoming a sports reporter way back when -- and consider many of the books cornerstones in the world of sports journalism.
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