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Daily Inspiration: "Your best story is the one you have yet to share!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
I wrote a novel when I was 15. I still have it - and one day, will bring it into print.
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In this final post of the week in which I've been sharing a few stories about a few of the books I've written, let me tell you about The Lion's Den, a Soviet vs. America vs. China Cold War thriller novel that I wrote at the age of 15.
Simply because I wanted to avoid an entire high school term on poetry.
The book is a US-Soviet Cold War-style thriller that involved a global crisis; there were nuclear explosions, fascinating and complex spies, geopolitical maneuvering, and yes, even a sex scene. Not a bad effort for a 15-year-old kid! Back in 2012, on Christmas morning, my family gave me a fully formatted manuscript ready to go to print - typed in from the original typewritten manuscript by my wife Christa, and with a fabulous cover design by my son Willie. The back cover copy tells a bit more about this remarkable project.
With that, I offer up the inspiration that sometimes the best story is the one yet to come!
And since I am in full-on reminiscing mode, let's start here with the story of how this book came about. What prompts a kid to write a full-length novel at the age of 15?
Read the story. I think I'm pretty odd!
Original post:
https://jimcarroll.com/2024/03/daily-inspiration-personal-success-your-best-story-is-the-one-you-have-yet-to-share/ 
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