Tales of the Fighting Ferrets
Friend of the Nation, Jim Johnson (www.thecourtmaster.net) recently launched his latest project, Tales of the Fighting Ferrets.
It’s a writing project that will develop over time, with new chapters posted every Tuesday at www.thefightingferrets.com.
Conrad Kondratowicz was once a rising star in athletics administration at Edgar Allen Poe University in Baltimore, Md., but when he lost his job, then his family, it seemed his life was ruined.
Until Farnsworth University came to the rescue. The Division III school hired Conrad as its athletics director, beginning his adventure with a school nicknamed the Fighting Ferrets.
“There’s quite a collection of characters there that he has to try to deal with and try to make something out of the program,” Johnson told ACC Nation. “It’s a story of redemption and him trying to plow through a bunch of knuckleheads to try to put some decent teams on the field.”
The characters in the book were developed over several years by Johnson, who said he simply wanted to write about something he knew – sports.
“It’s the kind of writing I’ve always wanted to do,” Johnson said, “because it’s going to develop over time and characters will move in and out and you can gradually see them develop over time.”
- Patrick Hite