Howdy,
At this rate, the way it’s lining up, it seems I’ll be jumping back into the world of working on my next Baseball Boys novel right about as baseball season is coming to an ending, the World Series typically won at the end of October.
It probably doesn’t matter, just kind of ironic. It’d be more important to have a baseball book ready for the spring, when a season starts, then to put much stock into when the writing gets going.
But, anyway, I don’t really bring it up here to talk about Major League Baseball’s World Season or (terrible) 2017 season. (Terrible if you’re a Giants fan that is. Strike that, TERRIBLE. That’s more like it. I good place for a Charles Barkley: Turrible, Turrible, Turrible.) No, I mention it more as an early notice that I’m seeking to switch gears toward a novel when I wrap the 200,000 word projected that I’ve blogged repeatedly about over the last year.
In preparing for that shift I’ve started to use some of my free write words in floating around at various angles of Baseball Boys. Nothing concrete yet, but wandering a bit will sharpening the pencil: story abstracts, characters, writing styles, etc. Just trying to bring the world back, putting my head in that space.
Kind of like the San Francisco Giants will have to do in the coming year (or some future year) when closing in on returning to the playoffs and dare to consider a run at the World Series. A wild ride, and a dream, requiring determined hard work and a good season of victories.
—Billy
Reading. Writing. Living.
Word Count: 194,432 / On Pace: 195,250 / Year’s Goal: 200,000
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