An amateur’s journey of writing a first novel. — In late 2021, I began writing my first novel. Even though I’m well into the book, I thought I would start documenting the journey to share my thoughts, process, and tools I’ve been using to work through this rigorous and daunting effort. I wish I had thought to start this series from the very beginning so I could capture in real time all of the missteps, struggles, and learnings that have occurred over the past 12+ months. At this point, I’m pretty far along on the first draft of the story, quickly…
