I’m superstitiously not writing much about the new novel, because it’s in such a nascent stage. If I had started writing about it a week ago, the details would by now be completely out of date and entirely misleading. I’m still discovering what the new novel is about, a process that happens in the research of the period. I know my goals, I know some of the characters, I know the timeframe (I think. It keeps slipping backwards, one year at a time). But the story took a major twist two days ago that I’m still trying to shake out. So, for the moment, I will remain silent about the new novel.
That leaves me with nothing to post, no? No. Instead of telling you about the novel I’m writing, I’ll tell you instead about the ones that I’m not writing. That’s right, I’m going to spend this week posting the first chapters in several novels that I have in a drawer. Two are finished (if you can call them that), none are up to snuff. These are projects I may return to one day, though likely not. Perhaps audience interest in one chapter or another will tell me where to head once the new novel is done.
So, I’ll start tomorrow with the most recent novel I’m not writing. Brace yourselves!
Cheers,
DB
