The Story: Before She Grows Cold

The time has finally come. I finally released my first novel. I've been apprehensive about it because it's such a personal story. It's heartbreaking, more to me personally, I think, because there is so much of myself in it. Not just the characters but the experiences and thoughts behind them have come from a very honest place, a very vulnerable place.

Initially, Before She Grows Cold was going to be titled The Young Man. I was going to be writing it in direct relation to Hemingway's The O...