Okay: put the sample chapters in the actual order they should be appearing to make it a bit more coherent for new readers.  A little minor editing to One (2), but otherwise all the same stuff.  For now.

The opening of One (3) should be coming up next week (probably Tuesday), and One (4) the week after.  Patterns are good for me - deadlines, specifically.

See you then!

Something a little different today: I’m going to be posting an Idea a week (or so) for some of the other papery bits with writing on them that are running around here.  If one of those ideas catches you in the brain, click a ’follow’ on it and whatever looks most popular when I’ve finished Farm Boy is what I’ll get to work on next.

I will finish Farm Boy before hand, no worries there.  But these other ones are getting restless, so I figure to let them loose on the compound here to get some sunlight and exercise before sending them off to the vivisectionist.

Huh.  That sounds oddly familiar...

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

All, thank you for the support. Things have been, well, progressing...  ;)

I had a couple other small projects poke their noses into my free time (a parody of the Anne of Green Gables musical; prepping for theatre regionals in May) but back to it now!

I have written an unpolished first draft, running 80+ pages, and expect to make a good/reworked first chapter available here after the weekend, so on Monday or Tuesday.  Given the nature of the story - time passes, but the principal character has a non-linear arc - I’m interested to see what you think of it.

Thanks again for the support, and you’ll hear from me soon.

Morning, folks!
Tremendous thanks for the follows (and the comment - I think/hope a slight formatting change will clarify that issue, Elena!) and I just want to mention that the story arc has gone... "interesting" on me.  It looks like what I put up as the first chapter is actually going to be the second, and there may be a very brief - one page or less - prologue going in as well.  I’ll pop it in this evening after work: see what you think.

Thanks again!