An avid reader from an early age, I often pondered writing stories of my own. But only towards the end of my life did I try my hand at the craft. Initially, I believed writing a novel would be rath...view moreAn avid reader from an early age, I often pondered writing stories of my own. But only towards the end of my life did I try my hand at the craft. Initially, I believed writing a novel would be rather easy.How naïve of me. It was anything but.Two years and many, many revisions, including deleting at least 25000 words, later I was done.Could the book have benefitted from further revisions?Likely. But eventually one has to conclude that enough is enough and start a new project.view less