Never Give Up On Your First Novel ...

The idea for writing a novel first came to me during the mid-90's. For various reasons, beyond scribbled notes made onto blank postcards and into (later) mislaid notepads, I wasn't to sit down in front of a computer with serious intent until about fifteen years later. Thus began the lengthy journey towards getting Shouting The Odds written.

A wise man once told me that you have to write one hundred thousand bad words before you learn how to write good fiction and though I took great offence at the time, looking back he was absolutely right. Two different editors, a couple of 'time out's' and several manuscripts later, earlier this week I uploaded Shouting The Odds to Amazon/KDP. It was a proud moment and a milestone reached.

However hard you sometimes find the going, never give up on your first novel. Otherwise, you may live to regret it for the erst of your life ....
Shouting The Odds