risk the ocean: an excerpt

Well, friends…can I just confess to you that I’m sitting here at the laptop, excerpt ready to copy and paste below, but nervous as all get out?

This is a long time coming. Sending it to you makes it feel finally official, like it will finally, maybe, probably see the light of day. And that’s exciting and good because YAY OHMYGOSH WE’RE (possibly) FINALL…