At The Risk of Sounding Immodest

As we close in on the official completion of the first draft for Son of Music Novel, we’re jumping around in the manuscript to take care of miscellaneous things we’ve made notes about over the course of getting here. It’s a shift in perspective, giving us a more longitudinal view of the work in a way that even the read-through didn’t.

And it’s really, really cool.

Probably the most common phrase in the writing cave these days is, “Oh, we are good!” The prompt for such exclamations could be a bit of clever foreshadowing, or imagery that amplifies theme, or a character whose depravity manages to shock us anew every time.

There are different philosophies about how an author should feel about his or her own work. Some say it’s important to love your art, and others say it should sicken you. Our process really wouldn’t work if we didn’t love what we create. Of course we need to achieve critical distance and make the tough calls about what to cut, but that’s why we build in a resting period as part of that process.

Anyway, we love this book. We think other people will too.