In 2021, I blogged here about book publishing for 134 consecutive days. Then ended the postings on June 24th. In that final post (image below) I hinted at possibly returning with something “mysterious.”
Well, I’m back! And hoping most of you are still there.
Recall that what I most enjoyed about publishing was doing the unexpected. Which is why a book with fake vomit on its cover, a children’s book in journal format, stories told via gaming literacy, etc. — all that contrarian publishing — showed up.
In that spirit, I now want to use blogging as a genre to tell a story. Seriously. Can a narrative somehow be interwoven through a blog? To my knowledge, it’s never been done.
In a way it’s simply classic serialization. Seems to me that a blog could do that just as magazines did in their glory days. Everything new is old, right?
So what follows for the next so many days is a blog about book publishing in which a story (a bit of a mystery) shows up. What will be fact and what will be fiction? At times I don’t even know. The two blend nicely. Along with a bit of deliberately altered history.
That’s it. Enough with the yapping.
Here’s hoping you’ll come along for the ride.
Thank you,
Jess