It's not quite my first novel. Back in 2001, I finished a novel which was roughly 80,000 words. The problem is that no one bought it. It needed a lot of revision and expansion which I just wasn't up to doing at the time.

When I left my job in 2004, I decided that I would write a brand new novel and then revise it and get it done. Once this new one is finished, I plan to go back to the old one and see if I can make it work.