From Brain To Shelf

I remember when I first wanted to be a writer. I thought all the job entailed was, well, writing a book. And then–poof!–it would show up on a library shelf.

Looking back, I realize I got one part of it right. The writing the book part. So far this year, I’ve turned three mystery novels to my publisher–one in the end of January, one in the middle of May, and one in the beginning of August. A fourth one is due on December 1st. That’s a lot of books…

The past two weeks, I’ve been handling copy e...