Every writer’s process differs, but most phase the work into drafts. Usually four, and I’m no different. In the past, I would toss out the first draft and start over, which means I technically had five drafts, but I don’t do that anymore. And while I enjoy all the drafts for different reasons, I like the fourth because it’s all about quality. For all the drafts prior, including all the minor versions (for example, I will often have a 3....

I’ve been writing novels for ten years now. Before that, since at least the 4th grade (I’ll tell you about that moment sometime), written words have been my preferred form of communication and self-expression. It’s long been a dream of mine to write a book that other people might want to read and give something back to the world in my own small way. Books have given me so much in so many ways that I wouldn’t know where to start....