Volume Eight Status Update

Great limbs of Gorlan (a favorite saying of Kxxl-Klyxxn, one of my characters from Volumes Six and Seven), I've actually started work on Volume Eight!

Three years ago, I said in this post that "I've been considering taking a break - maybe even a really, really, long one" before I started work on any more books in the Joel Suzuki series. And aside from some brainstorming of ideas and some forays into Volumes Nine, Ten, and Eleven, I hadn't really done much with Volume Eight and was beginning to think that the aforementioned break could and would last many more years.

But then, possibly inspired by the writing and publishing workshop I taught recently, I started coming up with some ideas for Volume Eight that were really intriguing. So last Friday, I sat down and said to myself, "let's just start writing and see where it goes." And lo and behold, I ended up with 1000 words that day, which is double my usual daily word count goal! And then I even wrote 300 more words on Saturday, even though (confession time) I don't normally write on weekends.

So now, as of today, I'm up to 2400 words, which is a totally unexpected but welcome development. Where will it go from here? Stay tuned for more updates!