Helping a friend with a book
Working with friends may be difficult, especially when working as an editor. Recently, Bobby Deren asked me to look through his indie novella DRAFT SEASON: Preparing for the NFL. The non-fiction book is about Deren's experience in training with several NFL draft prospects at Competitive Edge Sports in Atlanta. To football fanatics, that place is well know because the best of the best prospects go there to train. The systems employed at that facilities are used around the country in other gyms that seek similar atmospheres. I read Deren's book in a day. At 61 pages, it wasn't terribly long and it didn't need to be either. Deren gets right to the point in what its like to train by going through the training himself for a week. He put down his computer and threw on his sneakers instead to stand side by side with men who will make a career in the NFL.