I’ve started a new novel. I think it’s number eight, but I’m not sure. There are too many starts, rough drafts, and things hidden in corners to get the number just right.
My writing process typically involves me sitting at a desk for a few weeks straight cranking out page after page until I’m blind in at least one eye, my hands are cramped up, and I forget what the outside looks like. It’s all-consuming. Consider that I wrote Disgusting Beautiful Immoral, a 350-page book, in exactly fourteen days and you get the idea.
But Jaden House is different.
I started a few weeks ago, and I currently have three chapters finished. Although finished in this case is an odd thing. I’ve published the first two chapters to my Patreon where I’m serializing the entire book. I’ve committed to publishing a new chapter every Wednesday until it’s done. Most likely sometime in December.
I’ve made another rule for myself as well, and this is the one that truly feels weird. I’m only writing one chapter a week, which means no editing earlier chapters and no writing ahead. It’s a physically uncomfortable feeling, which I am nevertheless enjoying.
For example, once the second chapter was done, I had an insatiable urge to go back and rewrite the first one. I wanted to add details, change someone’s name (Jaq and Jez are a bit similar), and who knows what else?
But I can’t. And I won’t.
I’m going to stick to this plan, dig in my heels, and see where it takes me.
So far, it’s about a sex club. Sort of. Maybe it’s about death and grief. And alcohol. It’s definitely gay and there is sex in it for sure. There’s also some mystery, and I’m determined to discover the answers no more than a week or so ahead of my readers.
What’s on the next floor of the club? Will Thomas make it through level five? How many dicks will he suck and will his life fall apart the deeper he pushes into the secret club? What is he willing to give up to discover the next level and then the one after that?
Also, what’s up with his sister, right?
We’ll all have to discover the answers together. Which right now, is feeling like a whole lot of fun.
You can read the chapters and follow along with every level on my Patreon, starting at $1/month. Find it here, tagged Jaden House.