Today I'm writing from Portland, Oregon, where I landed last night after concluding my first week on the road to promote POISONED. This has been the most emotional book tour of my career. Crying usually signals sadness. But most of the tears shed this past week were triggered by gratitude and inspiration. Come along and I'll give you a flavor.
New Trailer For Poisoned
When I entered law school I wanted to be a prosecutor. I'm so glad I became a writer instead. Law was the more conventional path. But I jumped to the unpredictable world of writing when my wife told me she believed I could succeed as an author. It's a lot easier to believe in yourself when someone else believes in you.
When my wife Lydia was a teenager she thought it would be fun to be a fashion model. Her real ambition was to be a writer. But she looked at modeling the way I looked at playing center field for the Boston Red Sox. These were our adolescent dreams. Then we grew up.
Life is full of adversity. But the death of a child presents one of life's most agonizing trials. The grief can be unbearable.
But this is not going to be a depressing blog post. One of the best parts of my job is meeting people who use adversity to benefit others. That's what this post is about.
So let me introduce you to Icy Frantz. Isn't that a cool name? Icy lives in Connecticut, where her husband Scott Frantz is a State Senator.
Scott and Icy Frantz
