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Just completed my first novel, Through Fire and Flame, a rethinking of Dante's Inferno. Don't quite remember how, but the idea occurred to me one day, and so I wrote it. It took me about 10 weeks, maybe a bit less.

During the process I came up with ideas for future books. I've already begun working on one, The Things We Lost, but I have others in mind as well. As I brainstorm I figured I would try Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 23, 2017 15:43 Tags: brainstorming
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