A New Project Inspired by Fforde and Murakami

I’ve dropped my Child Soldiers project for now and find myself completely absorbed with a new project.

I’ve had an idea in my head for a story and now I find myself completely lost in it.  I can’t stop thinking about it.  Daydreaming, smiling, writing, daydreaming again…

The story was influenced deeply by two of my favorite authors:  Jasper Fforde – thanks to his Thursday Next series, and Haruki Murakami – thanks to his epic novel 1Q84.  Although my novel will not be the hysterical satire in which Fforde elevates to a genius all his own, it is the world of literature – his bibliophile milieu – that has influenced my thoughts.  How I would love to live in Thursday’s world.  So now I am, in my mind anyhow.  Not the same (for nothing could be equally awesome as the world of Thursday Next), but the influence persists.  As far as 1Q84 goes, it was an inspiration of metafiction that I received after reading his novel – and the fact that I thought the end was going to be entirely different.  It is that imagined end that led me to the premise of this book.

I’m excited about this new project!  And my first attempt at metafiction.