How I Accidentally Became a Novelist

The odyssey behind Edge of Oblivion began fifteen years ago, when I inadvertently destroyed a computer.

It was acold, unassuming Saturday morning, and I had just purchased a stick of memory for my year-old desktop computer. After dutifully discharging a finger against metal to rid myself of static electricity, I installed the stick, replaced the cover, and hit the power button.

The computer would not boot.

Miffed, I put the old memory back in. It still would not boot.

Thus began an agonizing...