I Landed a Publisher Without Even Trying

This is not advice. This is simply what happened. It’s a story about obsession. And it’s a story that ends with me landing a publisher.

Let’s roll the clock back to 2018. I’m newly married. My spouse and I rent a house with a bat problem on the Iowa side of the Big Sioux River. One of the upper-story rooms is where I’ve tucked my desk, which has a chair’s length of visible carpet between it…