Fiction

The first scene in the novel (at the moment), introducing two of the three main characters.

An excerpt from early in The Distance featuring Meredith and her party friend Annie, and the first hint of complication in the novel.

In this early scene from The Distance, we meet Meredith’s dad and Gordie’s grandfather, working alone in his shop, distracted by the thoughts that the onset of fall stir within him.

An early excerpt from The Distance, wherein Meredith confides in Annie, and the action of the novel is set in motion.

An unusually cold day in early autumn compounds Meredith’s misery, as she faces one of the more malevolent characters in The Distance.

Meredith tells Gordie her plan.

An excerpt from early in The Distance, when Lee tells April about the plan and his fears.

Lee and April negotiate one of many troubled relationships in the novel.

When I talk to people about the novel I’m working on, they often ask how I came up with the idea. Here’s the answer.