Apr 19, 2016

Chapter One (1) is now on the air!  With this, Chapter One (2), and the Prologue all available, I have come to an inescapable conclusion: 

I am a slow dang writer.

I’ve always known this, but have never been able to tell if that was a blessing, a curse, or just what is so I’d better deal with it.  I’d complain about ’real life being too distracting’ if I wasn’t having so much fun!  Sketching out future plays, reading the plots of potential future books made out of old novellas, writing a film short or two and trying to get them made (definitely one this year, maybe two) means I’m right in the swing of things for Farm Boy.  Keeping busy is keeping me busy, and I think that’s working out for the best.

With the nature of this project being a bit odd - a linear timeline with a non-linear protagonist - I’m finding myself double and triple thinking plot points as they come up, which is slowing me considerably.  Keeps it interesting though, and I hope you like it, too.  Or at least find it interesting enough to stare at.

Huge appreciation for the folks who have taken a chance on what might come out at the end and for the folks following along.  I’ll leave you with a story about James Joyce that’s always made me laugh:

A friend of Joyce’s visited him one day, only to find him collapsed over his typewriter.

"James," he cried.  "How goes Ulysses?"

"Awful," came the mournful reply.
"Come now, it can’t be that bad.  Why, how many words did you manage today?"
"Seven."
"Seven!" said the guest.  "That’s quite a good pace for you.  Celebrate!"
But Joyce just shook his head.
"You don’t understand," he moaned.  "In what ORDER?"

I actually love Ulysses, and would never compare myself to James Joyce; but some days you can really understand that last sentence, can’t you?

Hope you like the new addition; and if you do, don’t be afraid to tell your friends!

Erin