Eight Years and Several Books Ago (Or, How I Learned to Love My Unexpected Career)

It wasn’t until we were cleaning up the dinner dishes lastThursdaynight, and my husband mentioned that there were only three months left untilChristmas, that I remembered that September 25th was a special anniversary for me. On September 25th, 2007, Isabella Moon, my debutnovel, was published in hardcover.

I took me eight years to write my very first novel–a novel that lives a lonely life in a box somewhere. And then another four to write my second (also a box-dweller).Yet, I spent only a...