day 1 of the new book

Favorite paragraph of the day:

They both knew this was a waste of his time, but Casper didn't care. He needed an official report to back up his request for the cash to do what he needed to do. Even shouldering the bulk of the labor himself, the supplies would set him back the cost of half dozen good horses. The house hadn't been worth that much when he'd spent his nights staring at the holes in the ceiling and hoping the balls of newspaper he'd used to plug them would keep out the biggest of the spiders at least.

(This is first draft material and will be edited!)