The Story of the Manuscript, Part 4: Doing Time
THE STORY OF THE MANUSCRIPT, PART 4: DOING TIME
Out of all my manuscripts, States of Mercy was the only one I had sent to me in prison. Considering the strict DOC property rules, a 300-page loose manuscript was technically a violation and could've caused me some trouble, but luckily for me, the prison was relatively new, and no one ever questioned me about it. So, for five years, the only manuscripts of mine that I had access to were States of Mercy and the poetry collection The Prisoners which I was writing and building from scratch. I reread States of Mercy at least twice a year, not marking it up but memorizing the typos and figuring out everything I wanted to fix when I made it out. The first thing I did after my release was edit States of Mercy again (those of you that know me know I say 'edit' rather than 'revise' because the former implies fixing and the latter changing). I had had five years to figure out exactly what I wanted to do with the manuscript, and the truth is, other than word choices here and there and a few bits of overwriting, I didn't alter much. After all that time, I still believed in this one--cursed or not.
https://www.amazon.com/States-Mercy-N...
Out of all my manuscripts, States of Mercy was the only one I had sent to me in prison. Considering the strict DOC property rules, a 300-page loose manuscript was technically a violation and could've caused me some trouble, but luckily for me, the prison was relatively new, and no one ever questioned me about it. So, for five years, the only manuscripts of mine that I had access to were States of Mercy and the poetry collection The Prisoners which I was writing and building from scratch. I reread States of Mercy at least twice a year, not marking it up but memorizing the typos and figuring out everything I wanted to fix when I made it out. The first thing I did after my release was edit States of Mercy again (those of you that know me know I say 'edit' rather than 'revise' because the former implies fixing and the latter changing). I had had five years to figure out exactly what I wanted to do with the manuscript, and the truth is, other than word choices here and there and a few bits of overwriting, I didn't alter much. After all that time, I still believed in this one--cursed or not.
https://www.amazon.com/States-Mercy-N...
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