happy birthday to jarod, kerry, and me!

this coming friday, September 19th, is my son Jarod’s 16th birthday, saturday is my brother-in-law Kerry’s birthday and next monday, the 22nd, I’ll turn 47 years old. 

so, Happy Birthday to Jarod, Kerry, and me.

monday, on my birthday,  i start a new job at Alston & Bird.  A&B is a prestigous law firm with offices across the country.  Prestigous is an understatement as Senators Bob Dole and Tom Daschle are both Senior Partners working out of the D.C. office.

i’ll be working on the help desk of the 31st best employer in the country, per Fortune magazine.  i feel quite blessed and am very excited about this new opportunity.  y’all keep praying for me as i have to commute to mid-town again and must navigate through I-75 traffic.

i’m also thrilled because i finished the first draft of my novel.

crossing the finish line at 18 chapters and a little more than 107,000 words, Morning Calm Sonata will be approximately 440 pages once published in hardcover.  as a frame of reference, that is ten more pages than the novel Contact written by the late, great Carl Sagan.

i’m currently rewriting & polishing chapters 8 through 18.  i’m also writing an Epilogue.  i’ve started drafting letters to literary agents and publishers and hope to start sending them next week.  if any of you know an agent or publisher, now is the time to tell me.

since my birthday is around the corner, i thought i’d share with you my Amazon Wishlist.  from used books for .01¢ to a home designed by Bart Prince, you’ll find many of my grandest desires on this list. 

some of these items (especially some of the books and CDs) i’ve owned before and have either misplaced them or they’ve been damaged beyond repair.  other inclusions i’ve simply wanted for a long time.  if anyone out there feels especially generous, i’ll start making room for the Bösendorfer now.  the list is long, and i’ve shared it sorted per Title, but feel free to peruse it in different ways and enjoy ;~)

i’m writing another blog about the upcoming election, so be forewarned, the next entry here on FOAC will be political in nature.

peace and love always,

j. edward “jerry” goodwin

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