Bad News Delivered, pt. 1

The original 80,000 words of this novel were written alternately between Derrick, the brother of the main character, Astrid, and Astrid’s story told in third person. At the time, I didn’t think Astrid, who is grieving so many losses, would be reliable as a first-person narrator whilst her life was in turmoil. The fun of…

How I Found Astrid

Astrid came to me one winter day at work. I was perusing the database and the name Astrid caught my attention. I heard the inaudible words: That’s the name of your character. I looked around. Where did THAT come from? It was as mystical as it sounds. One minute I was aggravated by some work…