Yesterday I completed a process that began in August of 2022. I finished the draft of my first work of nonfiction and my twelfth book overall. After nine months of research, I was ready to start writing in May of last year. I happened to be on the Big Island at the time and I took advantage of some quiet moments at a villa in Mauna Kea to craft the book’s first four pages. When I returned to the lower 48, as they say, I outlined t...