Longtime readers of this blog — or, hell, of my Twitter presence — may also note that I’ve been talking about a novella or short novel in progress. (Which is as good a time as any to volley out a link to the Emerging Writers Network’s Novella Month.) Later than expected last night, I finished work on a first draft. I have a working title with which I’m reasonably happy — Reel, which is a tip of the hat to the song embedded below — and had the experience of trying out some some structural and procedural changes of pace.
I have no idea whether any of it will ever end up fit for public consumption. It’s a love letter of sorts to a city I’ve never lived in, a weird punk rock anti-romance, and — even this early in the process — I’m enjoying what I’ve done so far.