Mean Streak

Lennox shifted in his chair and drew his face dangerously close to mine. "You watch baseball?" "I can't stand baseball." Lennox continued on undeterred. "Next time you see a runner on first base, you watch him closely. He stands there with his legs spread and he inches off the bag. There's that one moment where he has to decide. Does he stay where he is or does he go for it? That's where you're right now." As a sports writer for the Cleveland Metropolitan, Patrick Horowitz was used to a hostile work environment but nothing prepared him when he stumbled headlong into the "bunny eat bunny" world of children's book publishing. After dealing with the grind of his unscrupulous agent, never-ending book tours and the pressure of trying to come up with three books before the end of the year, Horowitz has a mental breakdown ... on national television. After his wife and son threaten to leave him, he must now choose between doing what he loves and doing what it is right.