After Dan Pelzer died this month at 92, his children uploaded the handwritten reading list to what-dan-read.com, hoping to ...

But reading the first pages of my own book, after it just came off press, was a bit terrifying. In every sentence, I felt like I was going to find a typo or something I should have changed.

The first days of the new year are like the first pages of a book: filled with possibility, and with much to keep you busy in the days and pages to follow.