Welcome, after a long hiatus, to Rumor Control once again. Here are the facts of what stories I'm working on in the new year.
Excuse my silence, I was avoiding a hurricane. (And now, some work updates.)
Barely. (More on writing draft 2 of "Shunga-Satori")
A third of the way through the major rewrite of a new book, and some lessons learned.
Which is more of a challenge -- starting a project from a completely blank page, or restarting an existing one while surrounded by its mocking scraps?
"Shunga-Satori", draft 1 -- more like draft zero. Time to take a hatchet to it.
Welcome to draft 1.5 (so to speak) of "Shunga-Satori".
On how messy my note-taking can be on my projects.
What do you do when you find yourself writing the kind of book you might take issue with if someone else wrote it?
In some ways this new book of mine is a rewrite of an older book. In most ways, I hope it isn't.
How an entire story can pivot on a single sentence, and lead to a new world in the head.
Being able to sum up your own stories succinctly isn't an insult to their complexity. It means you understand what they are really about.
The first seven days of writing "Shunga-Satori" convinced me I shouldn't use the word "weird" to talk about this book. Even if it's deserved.
If there was an envelope I wanted most to push, it was envelope of "accessible and fun" as it edged up against "complex and challenging".
Whenever I've said to myself "I'd like to write a book like X", I always had to ask myself, why? And to what end?
Goodbye, "Unmortal"; hello, "Shunga-Satori" - or whatever I do work on next!
Some creative news for the new year at Chez Infinimata.
What's next for me after "Unmortal"? Uhhhhhhh...
The wheel turns. It grinds slowly, but exceedingly fine.
What I'm working on these days, March 2021 edition.
Yes, I know I only checked in a couple of weeks ago, but man have things uncorked here!
It's about time I checked back in with all of you as to what I'm up to, bookwise.
Akira Kurosawa is reputed to have said that whenever he is asked which of his films is his favorite, he replies, "My next one." A phrase I've taken to heart.
Kicking off 2020.
Tokyo Inferno is now just south of 40K words. It “feels” about a little less than halfway done, so it’ll probably come in at 100K proper—about the length I’ve been aiming for with most of my work. A couple of...