Haven’t blogged for a couple of months, mostly because I’ve been working on completing the first draft of the second novel in the Trout Trilogy. In the first part, Trout Kill, Eddy Trout “kills” his old heart, and in the second part  he “runs” after a new heart. Are you keeping up with the flying metaphors? So, what does all this this have to do with the photo taken from the stern of a cruise ship? Well, I took an Alaskan cruise July 14-21 with my wife’s family, and on that cruise I finished the first draft of Trout Run. Talk about mixing business with pleasure! Now I’m midway through writing the second draft, but that’s going to slow down while I help a friend build a house. I’m considering that “research” because the third book in the Trilogy, Trout Love, will include a lot about house building. Build a house, build a heart!