Draft Complete

About a month ago, I finally finished the first draft of my novel, Natural Disaster. It’s been years in the making as I navigated becoming an editor, grandmother, and many other big life changes. The idea was sparked when my son said something off-hand, and that moment does appear in the book albeit changed to fit my story.

Writing an entire novel is very different from writing articles, short stories, and even serial stories. It requires longer focus and going deeper into character psyches....