Wow, I can’t believe it’s been this long. A quick catch-up: I spent the last few years since my last book writing a new novel, off and on, and trying to decide how I was going to pursue my newly discovered love of writing.
Ultimately, I buckled down and finished my latest book, tentatively titled Whistle Switch. I feel like I’ve fundamentally improved as a writer since The People’s Killer, and I think anyone that reads both will find the changes obvious. I started out writing my first novel on a whim, to prove I could, and assumed that given the effort I put in, that was my level writing ability. I can say with high confidence that that was naïve, and that just the act of writing alone has helped me grow my ability (I know, duh!).
Anyway, I feel so confident in Whistle Switch, that I’m going to pursue traditional publishing. Based on some cursory research, I expect to have a number of failures on this path, so at very least, I can use it as a lesson to teach my kids about perseverance and patience in the face of adversity. Hopefully, it’s a lesson about how this pays off…
Part of this new path is doing a better job of supporting my writing with other activities, such as this blog, so we’ll see if I’m able to keep up this commitment.
Thanks to anyone still paying attention after all this time.
Jonathan Mann 