one of my guildies is writing novels! Here's a quote from his site:
Quote:Todd is a molecular bioengineer for a lab automation company by day and novelist by night. His first novel (working title: A Clockwork Murder), written for the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) 2004 starred a gnomish alchemist by the name of Zook Terpin, who solves mysteries in the tradition of the Amateur Sleuth. The story is a hybrid: a mystery that takes place in a fantasy world, which means it will appeal either to a very wide audience, or to no one. You can be the judge.
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Todd created this site to promote his novels while he makes his final edits and hunts for an agent and publisher. In the mean time, he is working on his next novel: a biotech thriller/adventure with a working title: Viral Coat, which he started as part of NaNoWriMo 2005.