Before Beginning, Prepare Carefully: Notes from AA 1220

“Pub date” is shorthand for publication date—the day when a new book is out. Here are a few thoughts I starting writing on a short break from a five-week process of full-time preparations. I’m now flying to New York City … preparing for launch! On Tuesday we’ll debut the book.

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The taxi comes to my house at 6:15am. I’m on a journey… and this time I’m not jetting out to central Africa or a tiny island in the Pacific. I’m headed instead to Kennedy airport in New York, and after I’ve been the...