Next One Is Real Dept.

I'm now in the homestretch — the last 5,000 to 10,000 words — ofWelcome to the Fold's first draft. Normally I'm reluctant to talk about projects in progress like this, because it feels like eitherbragging or promising more than I can deliver. The book could change drastically in the second draft for all I know, so I don't like to lead on that it's going to be a watermelon when in fact it's going to be a pumpkin. Vegetable metaphors aside, the occasion did bring some other thoughts to mind.

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