Whisper Network

by Chandler Baker

But Ms. Sandberg was right about something. We had to lean in. It was the only way to hear the whispers.

I’ve always chuckled at the image of a writer waking up in the night and scribbling an idea in a notebook. I mean, come on! I have kids and every second of sleep is precious, so no way am I reaching for a pen in the wee hours. Well, I have to tell you that this very line woke me up in the dead of night. I barely knew what I was writing when I typed it into my phone, I was so groggy. But the next morning I read it and the words went in the book verbatim. It still tends to be the line I see quoted most often from my book. So far this has never happened to me again.