Today is the first day of my journal entry, though not the beginning of my story.  My story begins a few weeks prior, on the day I completed the rough draft of the book I'd been compelled to write.  I wondered where the next step would take me.

That evening I received an e-mail from James Twyman.  I knew Mr. Twyman indirectly through a friend and also through his spiritual books and teachings.  I hadn't paid much attention to his group e-mails before, but this one caught my eye:

Subject:  Are You the Next Leading Spiritual Author?

Aloud, I answered, "Yes."