For years I have been tip toeing around writing my first novel. Outline after outline after outline has been typed up and left to get lost between file pixels on my laptop. I keep learning so much and continually growing, as we all do. My past outlines seem so trivial looking back now. But, my head feels in a space where I can truly reflect on the past 5 years of my life and compose a work worthy of you, readers. Who knows how long this venture will take me, but I'm star

You know when you pack two books for a flight how you never read the second book? (Seriously, 99% of the time, you can save your carry-on the extra space for snacks.) I'm a quick reader, but rarely does one novel even get finished during travel. People watching and sleeping are all too tempting alternatives. Well, on my flight to San Fran for work, I was halfway through my latest Kurt Vonnegut (Player Piano), so I dared to pack along a second read. (I also packed a third in