(Is that an optimized title, designed to tickle the algorithm just so? Of course not! Make the machine’s life harder, I say. )
Been a little while since I popped in here for an update. Which is unfair to you, my tiny audience. Apologies! You should know it’s not deliberate avoidance, simply limited creative resource. I only got so many words per day that I can coherently fit together, so it’s blog post or book work. I aspire to being able to manage 2 creative projects at once. Hopefully I can do so before the creeping threat of senility comes calling.
But to specifics: I am in the final approach to publishing the next Falstaff book, “Falstaff Gets Dirty”. For the record, the Falstaff books are a series titled “Faded American Empire”, which was a much more fun title when I came up with it a decade ago. It is not now, nor was it ever, a literal political commentary on the big ol’ US of A circus. Just a title that sounded tough and cool. Don’t read anything into it, and for the love of JEEBUS, don’t map your own political bugbears onto it. It’s just a bunch of made up stories about lies, drugs, and murder.
When will book 2 come out? An excellent question that I should have an answer to. Let’s say sometime between tomorrow and Halloween. I’ll give you a heads up when it’s on its way. If your fired up enough that you want to pre-order a copy (really?), comment on this post, send an email, or message me on instagram (spankules). Weirdo.
Is that all the book-related info? YOU WISH. I am now writing the next book, which is for some reason a prequel. It made sense at the time I chose to do it. That makes the official series order:
Book 1 -> Book 2 -> Book 0 -> Book 3
Look, I know its confusing but you just gotta relax and let it happen.
And, in an effort to broaden my horizons and secure more time as the center of attention, I’ve started doing stand-up comedy. I want to explore as many unprofitable creative pursuits as I can. Over there on the instagram page is one 5 minute clip of my very first time on my local YukYuks stage, if you’re interested.
There’s an interesting contrast between novel writing and stand-up writing. The timeframes and level of deliberate preparation are vastly different. Comedy demands efficiency and economy of words. I only have a few minutes so I have to cut all the fat out of the writing. Novel writing, on the other hand, is a wonderland of sprawling, rambling indulgence. At least, the first draft is. So the two different writing situations end up being complementary. Try new things, kids. It’s good for you!
Chris Loblaw, Author 