John Orr is at work on a novel that is part mystery, part something else. "I can't say much about it yet," said Orr, "Because if I do, the Ice Weasels will come and rip off my lips and fingers.
I've been working for ... uh ... I don't know how long ... on a novel. I have never written a novel before, it's mostly new to me. I've written many, many other articles for publication, however, having been a newspaper and magazine writer since the world was young, as Peter O'Toole recites in "My Favorite Year," which is one of my favorite movies. I was going through a rough patch of ...
First, good little Red Room blogger that I am, I will tell you that I am continuing to chip away at the block of stone that is my novel, slowly uncovering the book within. The going is slow, because, you know, I gotta keep going to my evening job and so forth. I am currently working on Chapter 28 and am guessing the book will be finished around Chapter 35 or 40 or 45. I'm not sure. Maybe 35 will ...
