I’m really exited to share that I’ve finished a major round of edits for the THE CLIMB, the novel I’ve been writing since 2012. Four years later, I’m thrilled to finally transition the book to the beta read stage. At the time of this post, THE CLIMB is just over 125,000 words will be independently …
And here I was, thinking that my almost-finished novel—THE CLIMB, about a young man (Skyler) shunned by his church and family—wouldn’t resonate that much anymore today—and then this happens: A young man, Dylan Settles 18, receives a letter from his church that excommunicates him because he’s gay. http://www.queerty.com/young-gay-man-kicked-out-of-church-for-embracing-the-homosexual-lifestyle-20151013 Dylan, for you …
The picture of this young man fired up my imagination. I do not know who he is, who took the photo, or why. But I when I stumbled across it, I realized he would be the visual inspiration for a main character in a story I was incubating in my mind. It’s his eyes… they desperately …