I need to start writing more seriously on Outrunning. So I did. I have done most of my original composing on paper and now I’m going to copy stuff onto Google Docs. I am going to create a folder there and the various chapters will be inside.

I am very interested in feedback. I am aiming for the middle school market which means I am uhm… not used to the level of censorship that must be inherent. I don’t know where I will be “too much”. I don’t know where I will be not-enough either.

So if anyone is willing to be a pre-reader let me know. I will give you access to the folder.

This book must be short. I understand that this is not my forte. To this end I bought a small paper bound notebook with 100 pages. The goal is to have the whole book fit in that spiral bound notebook so that the first few kid-pre-readers (once I have parental approval) get a book about the size and shape it will be when it is really printed. This will take some experimentation on my part to get it right.

I’m not sure how many chapters there are. A lot of my “chapters” so far kind of switch topic mid-way and I’m going to have to split them up and re-work them some how.

Like, how do you keep rape and dealing with the police as completely separate chapters? Kind of muddy there.

It is coming along. I’ll finish. I have too many people asking me nearly weekly “So how is the book coming?” I couldn’t bear to let them down and have to say, “Uhhh… I stalled.” I told people I will be done by 12/31. Get busy, wench.