R Byrum

I have been writing for 15 years now. At first I was pursuing writing only as a hobby. For the first 4 years I wrote fan fiction. Ultimately, I found playing in other people's sandboxes far too limiting. Therefore, I began to write original fiction.

I began my first novel in 2004 and it took me two years to complete it. I submitted the novel to both literary agents and publishers but I had no success in getting it published.

Early in 2007 I wrote a series of short stories which I submitted to magazines. I thought that if I could get some publication credits this would help me land an agent for my novel.

When this didn't work, I alternated between idleness and working on other writing projects. At the end of 2014 I resumed work on my second novel and completed it early in December.

In May of 2015 I began writing The Theology of a Heretic. I realized that the only realistic chance I would have of getting this book published would be to publish it myself.

Since then I have completely abandoned the publishing establishment and resolved to self publish all of my work