It’s been almost a year since I last worked on a novel. That’s quite a long time for me. For most of the past eight years, I’ve always had a novel in the works.
Since finishing the manuscript for Calamity Lake in December 2021, I’ve waited to hear back from agents. In the meantime I didn’t want to begin a new project. It’s not that I don’t feel committed to Rock Hudson as a protagonist. It’s more a sense that he offered limited possibilities for a series. How many crimes can a consulting geologist solve?
I wrote a couple of stories, spend time revising a few old ones that lay dormant on my cloud. Between those editing ventures, I read reports and analyses released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Continue reading “On Starting a New Novel”
