Project X Progress...

Very, very nice progress on Project X. Moved the manuscript from 7500 words to 13,110 and the story is flowing. I mean really flowing. Again, this story is fiction, but it comes from an unsold non-fiction book proposal on the porn industry. There is nothing more frustrating than having an unsold book proposal, particularly since I hate writing them, but I didn't want the idea to die. Plus, I'd spent too much time interviewing porn stars, filmmakers, etc. to let these characters just pass along into the ether. I figured that I could tell a really good fiction story from the information I'd gathered, and it has really worked. I'm going to keep grinding and see if I can get to 20,000 words by the end of the weekend.

On the Friends With Benefits marketing front, one of my frat brothers runs a great marketing and events company, and it looks like we're going to work on creating some combo booksignings/cocktail gatherings centered on the relationship aspect of the book. It's a good idea because I want to take promotions of books beyond the whole, come to the bookstore, watch me read, answer some questions, and then get your book signed. That's boring for the author, boring for the readers, and really needs to be updated. Anything that breaks up that monotony makes me happy. We're going to target some sponsors for these events.