As much as it kills me to say this... Kellen brought up something important.

He asked for "a dumbed down version for myself and the other schleps you know from Winona."

The great thing about the book is that I've finally found a writing style -- minimalism. For the layperson, that means you can read it.

The key is not using long, drawn-out sentences to describe something that isn't important. It isn't using 10-dollar words when they aren't needed. The important thing of the book isn't how well I can write.

Let's just face it, after years of being a newspaper writer, I can't write like I used to. Then again, it also taught me something important -- If you have something to say, just say it. Don't beat around the bush romanticizing everything. Make a point and move on.

That's what this book is about. It's about rebellion, personal transformation, unexplainable situations, and, a topic that's near and dear to my heart -- suicide. It's about bad decisions, moving away from your former self, what makes a friend important and how none of us ever really know what to do with our lives.

I can't say everything that's in the book because I don't know. Everytime I write I find I have something else to say.

The question is if anyone wants to listen.