David D HammonsWhile visiting Cambridge during my time studying abroad, I tried to sneak into C. S. Lewis's old apartment. I wanted to stand where the old master stood. I wanted to glean bits of imagination that no-doubt still clung to those walls. A locked door bared my path, and I fled to the safety of the campus pub. It has been my goal to live a life that is notable as the life of that master of writing. I've climbed the slopes of Machu Picchu, swam in Loch Ness, smuggled ice cream into China, and made moonshine in my hometown. I studied writing and business in school, and gave up a position in my family's Black Walnut company to chase my dream. Life, if you make it so, can be an adventure. Despite all my adventures, there is no greater journey than that which can be found in a book. It was cartoons that got me into writing, works meant for children that as an adult fascinated me with their joyful outlook. It was the old masters, Lewis, Tolkien, Hemmingway, Vonnegut, who challenged me to live an adventure of a life, and then write even greater adventures in books. Perhaps one day I'll make it into that old Cambridge apartment. Perhaps one day I'll be invited. Read More Read Less