A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Blake Sebring has been a sportswriter for The News-Sentinel for 25 years and is also the author of ``Tales of the Komets’’ and ``Legends of the Komets’’ and is co-author of ``Live from Radio Rinkside: The Bob Chase story, ’’ and ``The Biggest Mistake I Never Made, ’’ the autobiography of Olympic gold medal-winning volleyball player Lloy Ball. ``The Lake Effect’’ is his first novel. You can follow his daily work at www.news-sentinel.com or at www.tailingthekomets.co