A Writer's Notebook, Day Nine-Hundred-And-Sixty-Nine

As I mentioned last night, I am trying to psych myself up to send out some queries regarding my novel.  I've come to understand a great deal more about the book itself, and how to explain it, I think, as well as how to present myself in relationship to the work.  One thing that I have come to realize is that, although the book is not explicitly about dyslexia, it is about aspects of my experience of the world as a person who is dyslexic.  I also think it is important to explain that the book is a subversion of autofiction, using a veneer of personal exploration to allow entry into another type of fictional space.  The book begins with me, the author, and explores the origin of this novel, but quickly becomes surrealistic, presenting a series of increasingly ominous dreams that demand the creation of the book.  A large part of the intended tension has to do with why the dream beings seem so insistent, why it matters to them, and the question of what this means for the reader.  Indeed, as I have suggested before, a major focus of the book is the experience of the reader as a participant in the story.  The book has been created, but the journey of reading it is inextricably interconnected to that creation, and the danger that the writer experiences may well be something the reader should fear.

If anyone cares to comment on the description above, I am glad to hear it.  I am sure I will need to keep working on it in order to get it right.

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