I call my book The Twilight’s Last Gleaming. It’s a take off the Key’s poem that became our anthem, and it has a hint of hope with a whole lot of blowing stuff up. There’s a movie called Twilight’s Last Gleaming, and I don’t want to do the same thing. I didn’t even read the movie summary, but I just liked the title. I think I may end up changing it. I refused to change the titles of my last two books, but this just doesn’t fit.

I’ve been thinking of this book since 11th grade and today I passed the 42,000 word mark. I’m feeling pretty good about finishing soon, but I also know I will go over 50,000 and I don’t know if the book is any good. I didn’t really think the last one was any good, but some people do like it.

This feels odd. I think next year I will really sit down and write it all out. I am going back to the adventure concept where we go from point A to point Z. And I get frustrated when people don’t get all of my allusions. As I finish this book I need to remember that my readers aren’t in my head and don’t see the book the way I see it, unless I show it to them on paper. I am trying to keep that in mind now.