So I wrote this little novel / 9-4-10

Those of you who speak with me on a semi-consistent basis know I finished my first novel last summer and have been resting on my laurels ever since. Kidding aside, I'm proud of that accomplishment. The book is short, only about 20,000 words, which makes it really just a novella or a long short story, but no apologies; it feels quite good to finish a project of any length. (And any quality.)

So I thought I'd post a chapter here. By clicking on that there link, you're sent to writerscafe.org, a website designed to be a community of creative minds. The chapter you'll read there is the second one, in which our protagonist experiences an event that shapes his outlook on life.

Later on, in subsequent super-secret double-dog-dare chapters, he interacts with girls, both two- and three-dimensional. (They say you should write about what you know. To which I clearly say, "Yeah right.")

In any case, the story, overall, it's about a guy. He's doing his best to act normal in every situation. Every situation. It comes easy sometimes... and sometimes it doesn't. His life story, from age seven all the way up to his imminent death, is told with the aid of his personal guardian angel. Duh.

The book is titled

"Uncommonly Normal

or

Extra Ordinary."

Sometime soon, I'll self-publish it and/or make it available for downloading. Once I finish tweaking the second half of it to death.

That's all for now. Back to our regularly scheduled programming. (Blogramming?) A long-promised post on the spiritual value of music is near completion and will soon be subject to your usual mockery.