Will Holcomb spent a decade and a half writing the same book, not because he was a perfectionist, but because life kept happening around it.
He was raising six children, working as a software engineer, riding motorcycles, co-founding a local music organization and spending evenings at the Bastrop Opera House, all while carrying a story he couldn't let go.
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