In November of 2005, I wrote a novel called Shards, as part of National Novel Writing Month. I’ve got too many books in the works already to be pitching it to publishers, so I printed it up through LuLu. What’s the advantage of this self-publishing? Well, instead of waiting years to find the right publisher and make agreements like my other books, it was instantly available online — and still is. If you want to read some sample chapters for free, or even purchase it, just clicky on the cover photo.

my first (and currently only) novel!

It was a change for me to write a free-flowing story instead of a labored process of neverending re-editing of minutia. It’s my first novel and I’m glad I wrote it. It’s heartfelt, and in some sense contains more of me than other books I have written and am writing. My friends who have read it all seemed to enjoy it, but this book contains more of my deranged mind and less research than my other books, so be warned.

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