The Glass Wall is what happens when someone who really likes deconstruction accidentally writes a middle grade novel. (I say “accidentally” because after writing the first draft, I did some research and discovered that my novel’s contents and themes would be marketed towards a middle grade audience.)

Technically, I’ve had the basic premise in my head for over a decade. I tried to get it to go away, but it kept annoying me, so I eventually gave up and wrote the book.

I’d finished projects before, but never thoroughly edited them. Needless to say, I was not prepared. This story has gone through two full rewrites because the main cast went through “minor” changes that I told myself would result in some edits, but wound up completely altering the plot. I also shed many a tear cutting out characters I loved (I will use Ghet in something one day) and chapters that I enjoyed writing (goodbye cyberpunk chapter, and the chapter that was totally not inspired by the game Subnautica). But hey, I finished writing it. And hopefully one day, there will be people who finish reading it.