Deaf – J. Gardner Hurd

So, I’m publishing a book!

So there, naysayers in my head. My book, Always Forward, has been accepted for publication by All Things That Matter Press. I don’t know when it will be published, but at some point, in the not too distant future, my words, my sweat, and my heart will be in print for other people to actuallyContinue reading “So, I’m publishing a book!”

Thoughts on Completing a Novel and the Printing Industry

These seem rather disparate subjects, but somehow, they’ve become enmeshed in my mind. As to the first, I completed my novel two days ago. Well, the first draft anyway – it’s over five hundred pages so I know I have some trimming, editing, and underpainting to do. (I read about underpainting in a bookContinue reading “Thoughts on Completing a Novel and the Printing Industry”

Researching for Fiction

I’m working on my first novel – as I’ve mentioned before it’s a coming of age story about a young Deaf man. I am a child of Deaf parents (CODA as we are commonly called), so some of the Deaf experience is familiar through their lives. I grew up in the 60s and 70sContinue reading “Researching for Fiction”