I’ve finally finished a draft of my non-fiction opus, Heart of Dankness: Underground Botanists, Outlaw Farmers and the Race for the Cannabis Cup. I don’t have a pub date on the book yet, but I’m guessing it’ll come out next spring from Broadway Books. I typically cut a lot of stuff out of a manuscript as I’m revising it, non-fiction is no different, but sometimes it’s scene that I really like. It’s painful, but it’s all about making the book better. Just to give you a taste of the new book, I thought I’d post one of my favorite sections that ended up on the cutting room floor.
I’ll set the scene: I was in the DNA Genetics office in Amsterdam, talking to Aaron of DNA about the basics of cannabis botany when…