Beginnings are impossible.
I’ve been starting the author game for 20-plus years. It rarely appears as work in progress. Fits and starts. That’s my record. Fits lead to starts/restarts lead to fits, ad nauseam. Time to stop beginning and advance.
Accept my invitation to finalize Murder in the Glass Castle: Connor Pierce Mystery Book 2 along with me.
If you follow me at all, you know the series has a prequel and a short story included in the run. Glass Castle is by rights the fourth publication for Connor Pierce. Let’s get it out there.
Why now
Two good reasons. I’m not consistent. Especially regarding arduous tasks. Particularly works that draw criticism. But I can usually get to an appointment on time. When an assignment comes due, I hand something in. (If you exclude my newsletter. That has lateness written all over it.)
Further, this book needs the light of day, fresh eyes upon it, to bring it life. On my computer, in the dark much of the time, stagnation breeds confusion, anxiety, mistrust. I’ve tested multiple structural models on the work, run through several rewrites and applied loads of “learning” devices, none of which resulted in significant change to the original narrative. Certainly, the writing improves with iteration. But it’s a literary asymptote. Improvements only matter if they launch the vessel.
Better to let it be what it is, than allow it to be nothing in development. Time alone complicates unnecessarily.
A serialized platform solves both problems. Readers’ expectations motivate completion. A serialized style affords time for feedback as the story builds.
What kind of people are you
I want this community to be supportive and collaborative. It’s a new endeavor for me, taking on a project so large with a cohort. If you join, do so in the spirit of adventure. We journey together to find the treasure at the end. If you have a contribution, please offer it up. If you simply want the vicarious experience that fiction provides, welcome along.
The Substack
If you would like to complete this process on Substack, I am offering that opportunity.
I will post a scene or chapter a week on Fridays.
- Free subscribers get the story and the right to comment.
- Paid subscriptions (to come) buy the satisfaction of helping fund my future writing efforts.
Pledges
Donations are possible on the Substack. A main reason I chose Substack was this option. This will be voluntary with no obligation. It’s okay to ride along with no commitment beyond your pledge to participate by reading.
Specifically
I will post a scene or chapter a week on Fridays.
- Free subscribers get the story and the right to comment.
- Paid subscriptions may be offered at a later date, to help fund my future writing efforts. Being an author means you get to write stories for free until someone decides to pay you for the satisfaction they gain from reading your work.