The decision to release my novel Tales From Memorial Union within this fashion of a blogsite was no easy decision on my part as I had been writing and writing for many years, somewhat confidant that none of it would see the light of day. And yet, nearly two years ago, I had an epiphany and felt that despite my fears of abject rejection or even worse, complete non-interest, I would post the stories online and just go from there, allowing my stories, characters and most specifically my memories and emotions concerning my college years, to live and breathe outside of myself. Hopefully, and if you have even read only very little, I wish that the purity and efforts of my heart are evident.
When I last left off, I was posting installments or chapters of a story entitled "December Boys." a tale featuring the long wintry night of heartbreak and memories within memories of two young men, my alter ego Craig Hughes and his friend Rhett Brazelton, both nursing wounds inflicted by their respective relationships between Stephanie Deavitt and Amethyst Lessing.
The section that I had last posted from was truly the beginnings of a lengthy flashback detailing the Summer of 1988, when Rhett first met Amethyst during a Summer Philosophy course, which was loosely based upon a class I took myself during my college years.
The only reason that I had stopped presenting new installments was that I had NOTHING typed up to even release! I needed to go away and write for a spell and that is precisely what I did. I wrote and wrote and wrote, nearly filling up a brand new journal given to me by my two co-teachers for my birthday at the start of 2015.
Taking the time to write gave me a great opportunity to figure out not only how Rhett and Amethyst first met but just who was Amethyst in the first place as she was a character not based upon anyone that I had ever known. She was arriving to me out of thin air! Now that she is here, and is still revealing herself to me, I feel much more on firmer ground and ready to release more episodes to you.
But that's where the typing part comes in...
Yup, I have written quite A LOT and it is going to take considerable time to type it up and get it to you. First of all, there are the permutations of my own questionable handwriting as I will actually have to decipher what I have written. But then, there is always a bit of re-writing as part of this process, so that adds another variable to navigate.
But, what I am saying is that I'm not finished and I wish to release more but just remain patient with me...and besides, this extended period away may give you time to catch up if you have been at all interested. And furthermore, I realize that reading a chapter of something is much different than reading a film review or musical anecdote as written upon both of my other blogsites, Savage Cinema and Synesthesia, respectively.
Stay tuned, for I am hoping in 2016, to release much more of the story. THANK YOU ALL for any and all support you have given to me regarding any of my writing, but especially something so deeply personal to me.
Happy New Year to you!!
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