Quick update for the New-ish Year.

After much deliberation, thousands of increasingly pathetic excuses, and a commitment to doing literally anything else, I am for realsies finishing DEGENERATE.

I’m a procrastinator by nature but this has been epic procrastination even by my standards.

For the past three weeks I have spent my Friday and Saturdays, from approximately 10am to 2pm, knocking out thousands of new words on the path to completion. We are now in the final scene before the epilogue, the latter of which will take me about an hour to knock out because it’s been lingering unanswered in my mind for two-plus years.

End scene, much harder, but making progress.

Picture proof: Me at my office right now, writing.

So for realies, how much time until done? Well, now that I’m adding at least a thousand words per sit down, the official answer is soon. End of February, latest, and I’m using the official ‘for realsies’ label here so you know it’s for realsies.

Likely, though, much sooner. I told my wife yesterday that it’s happening this week. I don’t know if I’ll be able to keep to that timeline. I didn’t tell her for realsies. But I’m certainly going to try.

If you’ve been waiting for me to get off my ass and put out my next thing, we’re almost there. Well, at least with the writing part.