Oh, how the mighty are brought low

From the "Every good deed is its own punishment" file:

My son, Kyle, is an aspiring author. This is very cool, because we can talk authorly things together. My daughter, Erin, will probably be joinging us in a bit, but that may take a while.

Kyle has an innate storytelling ability plus he generates compelling characters and plot. He has technical issues that need to be addressed plus the occasional lapse of perspective peculiar to the young, but that is all addressable.

He has also written the same novel in two different flavors now.

I have yet to complete my first novel.

I suspect his career is going to travel under much more favorable stars than my own. I wouldn't have it any other way.