The Loner

Posting the last book on our story thread killed the vibe for some people because, well...spoilers.

So...this project - who fucking knows? I don't. One thing I learned from the last book about my fiction process - and it's very different from my memoir process - is that I am incapable of forming the entire story in my head...at the beginning. My working without much notes or a decent outline isn't some rebellious process I've perfected - it's because I am incapable of outlining the story...at the beginning. I have to start writing, knowing where I want to go and the vague ideas will clarify, expand and intertwine on the page. The more that happens, the farther I get into the writing, the more the story begins to evolve in my head as well. So, by the time I finish the book, I could write a pretty good outline.

I don't know what the pace will be writing this - I never know until I'm a few chapters in. I'm still in the lazy, take a breather state of mind after the way I wrote the last book. I really can't tell you all how much it took out of me. Hey, I'd love to write another novel in two months if that's what happens, but I'm more than down with a gentler pace, as long as I stay at it. I will once I get a few more page into it, but I'm still purposely distracting myself from it - because I'm still tired. I'm thinking about the world of the book, in the broadest terms - the story, I'm not worried about that part of it. So whether I post the whole thing as I write or not, I will post updates, anecdotes, chapters and scattered bullshit.

I'm not committed to the cover, but I do like it. I don't know yet if I'll be able to secure the rights as I'm having trouble contacting the artist. For now, it's a placeholder and a prompt (I always keep the cover of my current project as wallpaper on my PC and phone, to remind me to work). At this point, it's concept art.