When My Next Book Is Out
Might we have a new book from you by the end of 2017? I’m jonesing for some new material. I guess I’ll go back through and re-read your old books again.
Anonymous
That is an excellent idea, because no, sorry, there won’t be a new book from me in 2017. It
takes about a year to go from a draft I’m not ashamed to show to an editor to something
that can sit on a bookstore shelf, and I don’t yet have a draft I’m not ashamed to show an
editor.
But 2018 looks good! I’ve been working on multiple books and now they’re
all getting close to finished. So one of those should be ready to go. I don’t know which one, though. Sometimes I feel like a book is on track and then I realize it’s horrible and I
should burn it and feel bad and go work on something else. Then, a little while later, I
realize that other book needs to be burned, and the first one is actually all right.
It’s not a linear process, is what I’m saying.
This has been a really great year for me creatively. One of my best.
It will take a while before that becomes apparent to anyone else. But I’ve enjoyed it
a lot. I still don’t really know where good words comes from or why but I’m grateful
for the ones that found me this year.
newest »
The final lines are almost touching. Well said, Max. I'll be waiting for these words.
You seem so hard on yourself. When you say you're going to burn material, my heart skips a little. But I do take comfort in the fact that someone who writes so well has human doubt just like us mere mortals.
