As we enter the seventh month of the global COVID-19 pandemic, I, like everyone, have been sifting through the mountainous heaps of good and bad information, left to determine for myself what is right and true. So far, it seems, the one thing we know for sure about this novel…

I always wanted to write fiction. As a little kid I did it all in my head. While other kids played with toys, I would pace around my parents’ living room, conducting an imaginary epic in the film reel of my mind. In 6th grade I was scolded for writing…