So the book is coming along, but slower than I had anticipated. It may be an OctoberWorld Christmas, which I’m ok with, because:
-I’m actually adventuring along with the nameless main character (that character is YOU) and finding out what happens in real time. It’s part of a my version of pantsing, writing in the dark, etc that I call real-time writing or spontaneous writing. It has all sorts of useful applications for business, storytelling and even speaking (I use the same technique when having to present to heads of big companies).
-The book is harder for me to engineer then I previously thought it would be, simply because each pathway opens up exponentially more options, and I’m going gun blazing down each corridor to see what’s there. There are some, how can I say, some easter egg side quests if you know where to look and do certain things.
-I’m trying to capture the old retro gaming feel, in other words I want it to feel like you’re a kid at your friend’s house one summer night, it’s late and dark and you’re all huddled around the glow of the tv screen trying to beat the game. During the writing of this, I realized that is one of the engines that motors a lot of what I write and create. More on that later.
-A long time ago, I met the great Peter Max at an opening of one of his galleries. He asked me if I was an artist. I said no, I’m a writer (I was barely). He said, “well you know it’s the same thing as painting, the more you paint, the more you paint, the more you write, the more you write.” He was famous for painting multiple paintings at one time and was super prolific. And so it is the same here, the more I write and go down dusty dark hallways, the more I wind up writing.
-Finally, I want this to be the best interactive horror adventure book ever. Sincerely. And, unlike a lot of folks out there these days, I don’t think you can accelerate it using AI, or even really want to. I am a firm believer that the good is never easy and the easy is never good.
-The next update will include a publish date, promise. But I guygress.