William Saxton, a Virginia resident, was lucky enough to be in driving distance of Orson Scott Card's classes at Southern Virginia University, and has never been the same since; he is currently working on a time-travel novel, Big Powwow.

Replace the semi colon with a period.

More details on the time-travel novel (like set where?)?

The whole pet thing sounded weird to me. The sentence structure seemed a little convoluted. I would advise simplifying it a tad. I would rather read more about the Queen story than a decision not to have pets?

Don't think the 'never' as suggested above will work, but agree the sentence sounds wrong. Try 'and hasn't been the same since' to make it less formal.

I like the pet thing. Maybe simplify it to something like: 'after writing Queen, he decided against having pets.' Anyone who read the story will get it.

PS: I had a hoot reading it. It was one of those few times I talked to my wife about a story I'd read. I'm really happy for you and hope things turn out even better than you hope.

Congrats again Will. I haven't bought the issue yet, but I plan to soon. I too am anxious to see the finished version.

As for your bio, I'd insert the following into the first line: