Rough Seas and Calm Waters

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Although I began writing The Forever Saga: Flash during the first week of 2007, and spent all of 2006 researching it, the smallest seed of the idea actually came near the end of 2005 – which means that when Flash is published on October 1st, 2012, it will have been a 7-year journey writing my debut novel.

How does that feel? Different than I expected, and for good reason.

When you conceive of a creative idea, you’re likely gung-ho for the first stage of it. Motivation isn’t an issue as much as...