by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
By writing these four novels at once, I get to flesh out everything in a way that makes sense. In a way, I get to write one huge fucking novel that happens to be broken into four pieces.
With this first novel, I really like how I have strict conditions I have to work within. I know what is going to happen in the next three books and, as such, some things are out of my control. In a way, that makes writing the novel a lot easier.
I still have no idea what I’m doing, so I still feel as though I’m spinning my wheels at times. But these days, I’m using brute force to get myself where I want to be.
I really — really — want to have something finished in a big way by around the end of August. That is an arbitrary deadline that hopefully will force me to work a lot harder for a lot longer when I have the mood than maybe otherwise.
It’s a lot of work and a lot of fun. I am growing embarrassed by how much and how long I’ve written and talked about this project. I would just shut up, but I’m too much of an extrovert.
