A-Writing-We-Shall-Go!

I've written three new chapters now. Some I write on public transportation, others in the evenings. I've been handwriting it all and that's taken some adapting. On the one hand, I think and write quickly, but it's hard not to be able to do immediate cut and paste when an idea hits. I'm getting into it, though, and it's making my train ride go by at lightening speed! I'm contemplating this might be a book for a teen audience, although I originally began it for an adult audience. There are a number of deep themes in it, but I think that our youth are really smart and deep and would resonate with some of it.

The Summer of Pomba Gira

I've written a novel about two Chicago families and I'm going to have it published this year. It's so off the beaten path that I can't fix it into a gendre so I may self-publish it and be done with it. The story is related to empowerment, substance abuse, teenagers, internalized sexism, internalized racism, spiritual intercessions and relationships. I think that I will dedicate this novel to the memory of my parents.