The other day, I was thinking about how much I've changed over the past few years. We all change every day, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about how much I've changed as a writer and as a reader. So writing first. I've always loved reading fiction, but when I started to write it seriously, I quickly learned that I knew nothing. I took classes, read books, joined a couple of really fantastic online critique groups and a couple I couldn't leave fast enough. I started with short mystery fiction. It was a great teacher. I sold a few stories; one won an award. But novels were and still are my true love. So finally I wrote one. It's still in the drawer, but I scavenge bits and pieces from time to time. Then parts of two more stories and a full second novel that is also still in the drawer. The first was a police mystery. The second, a thriller. Then came romantic suspense, heavier on suspense than romance. Those were the first published. T