I'll never forget my first..

Terry Shames here, musing about what I learned from my first attempt to write a novel. The short answer is “not much.” Let me explain. I did learn a lot from my first attempt. Even though I go back and look at the science fiction novel that was my first attempt and have great affection for it (like anyone’s first born, it has a special place), I knew when I finished it that it had serious shortcomings. I had at least learned that it was probably better to have some idea of what I had in...