The writing of SOTS…   Where to begin. Writing a large novel is like raising a child – and I know all about that. Now.   Unbeknownst to most, I wrote my first novel in 2004 and shelved it. Sounds disgusting, right? That’s okay because it was a horror novel that took me about four months to write. I did it because a) I wanted to see whether I could and b) boredom. I’d just moved to Bathurst and was only working four hours a day at the local radio station. Not long after writing it, I got some