Whisper Network

by Chandler Baker

We fell asleep with the heat of laptops burning our thighs.

It’s funny to me that in so many ways I’m exactly where I was when I started writing WHISPER NETWORK. Right now, I’m sitting on my couch, cross-legged, with my laptop balanced on my lap. It’s hot. This was the first line I ever wrote in this book. It felt visceral. I was working full-time as a lawyer. I had a three year old and was trying to write this book and, like so many women I know, I was barely holding it together. I can go back to this paragraph and think: yep, that’s how it felt. And, while I’m not working as much as a lawyer anymore, I still have these nights after the kids go to bed when I’m trying to multitask: watch TV, work and enjoy some time with my spouse once the kids go to bed, maybe wash my hair, and then, if I’m lucky (and probably like you, not too tired) try to read my Kindle before I fall asleep.