Lanke is working on his eighth novelLankeEvery two weeks, Eric Lanke posts a new chapter of his latest novel online—65 chapters now over the past year and a half. Whether many people read these first drafts is not the point. For Lanke, CEO of the National Fluid Power Association, the effort of writing is its own reward."It's like you're lost in a forest and you're finding your way out," Lanke said. "The journey of figuring those things out on the page is interesting and exciting … more for fiction than for other things."Lanke said the blog is partly a way to give himself a deadline. He tries to steal an hour or so each weekend day, usually in the morning and lately on his… Read More