Right now, I have two projects I am actively working on.

The first is the co-venture with my better half is currently in the research phase, while we formalize the outline before beginning the actual writing. Below is a picture of all of the research material gathered thus far. Also,  I can now reveal my co-writer will be using the nom de guerre Eleanor G. Kennedy.

(Once the bookcase is filled, for good or ill, the research will complete for the first of two books)

The second WIP is a solo novel which spans a period of nearly 20 years. This book is actively in the writing stage. I’ve been working on it since January, and have recently crossed the 50 page mark (not great, and certainly not where I wanted to be at this point, but progress is progress). Currently, I am estimating that the first draft will be done around this time next year. I’m hoping to have the first draft completed by January 1st, but I am not going to complain (much) if I miss my initial target.

This second book is one that I am pouring myself into like I’ve never done before. Even when I wrote the first draft of the (for-the-moment) abandoned Mad World, a book inspired by a friend’s untimely death, I did not put as much of myself, or my life, into the book. Much the same way Stephen King poured himself into Jack Torrence, I find myself putting bits and pieces of my personality into each of the characters, while one in particular holds my core. And for this reason, I am taking my time.

Because when the book is published, hopefuly in late 2019/early 2020, I want it to be as near perfect as I can make it.

Until next time, I leave you with this fun research-related video:

In case you are wondering, the “G” stands for Grand-Master-Funkadelic.

The above is a joke.