A novel I've been working on for over about two (maybe even three?) years is now close to being "finished". There are little details left to work out but the characters have taken on a life of their own and the themes have have solidified.
It's a good feeling.
The novel is called Solipsism = Zero Plus. It's a story about finding and/or creating a community and what happens when one cannot. In some ways, it's a deconstruction of portal fantasy, although it didn't start out that way.
The book is weird. The structure is playful, the characters are numerous and unusual, and the scope is broad. It touches a lot of different topics besides community, including, but not limited to: the struggle to make art, plurality, unconventional relationships, riddles, and the existential horror of advertisements.
I'd like to get it published traditionally if possible. If I cannot accomplish this, it will certainly be self published eventually.
