Story evolution…

Because I’m taking a breather after three novel-writing marathons by writing short fiction (the novels are: The Last Humans, to be published by Black Opal Books in 2019; Goin’ the Extra Mile, #3 in the Mary Jo Melendez/MECHs trilogy, to be published by Carrick Publishing this fall; and Son of Thunder, the sequel to Rembrandt’s Angel), I decided to take the time to analyze how my short fiction often morphs into a novel later on. The reason is simple and probably applies to many authors: I deci...