Today I get to share something that has lived in me for more than half my life. The Polaris manuscript is finally ready, and the teaser above is the first glimpse I have ever shown the world. I started writing Polaris in July 2010, and sixteen years, countless revisions, and more life changes than I can list later, the story has finally found its shape.
Where the Polaris Journey Started
In July 2010 I wrote the first pages with no idea the book would take sixteen years to finish. Back then Polaris was a handful of scenes and a feeling I could not shake. I was a different person, in a different season of life, and the manuscript grew up right alongside me. Some chapters came in seasons of joy. Others were written through grief, through fatherhood, through building a company, and through the kind of quiet life changes that slowly rewrite what a story is really about.
Why the Polaris Manuscript Took Sixteen Years
The honest answer is that the Polaris manuscript needed me to become someone who could finish it. I revised the opening more times than I can count. I cut characters I loved, rebuilt the ending twice, and set the whole thing down for months when life asked for my full attention. Every return taught me something. A story started by a twenty-something and a story finished by a father and founder are not the same story, and I am grateful Polaris waited for the better version of me.
The journey itself has been the gift. Long before any publisher entered the picture, the simple act of returning to these pages again and again shaped how I see persistence, patience, and the slow work of making something real. That same belief, that meaningful things are worth the long road, is the heart behind VizyPlan and everything else I build.
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Where the Polaris Manuscript Goes Next
Right now I am looking for the right publishing company. Not the fastest deal, but the right home, a partner who believes in this story the way I have believed in it for sixteen years. I am taking my time, talking with thoughtful people, and trusting that the same patience that finished the book will help me place it well. If you are a publisher, or you simply love a good story and want to follow along, I would love for you to reach out and come along on this journey.
Want the whole story now? You can read the full Polaris synopsis, spoilers and all.
The teaser is only the beginning. Thank you for being here for it.
Want to follow the Polaris journey? Reach out here to connect, and watch this space as the search for the right publisher unfolds.
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