From Atjeh to Mejong Lodaja, Part One
To create a book means to write, rewrite, correct, polish and delete. That deletion often hurts to the heart, but it has to be done. 'Kill your darlings'. Every author is familiar with the phenomenon. But it doesn't always mean saying goodbye to your darlings for good. Fortunately, I have a website where I can still have the parts that didn't survive the wrecking ball of correction read.
So here is the first part of the story: From Atjeh to Mejong Lodaja.