start over again

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I'm in some sort of madness where I can't seem to stop writing books. It's like the last push of madness before I die, which I have decided to call a trilogy. The performances we made are so ephemeral. It feels to me like they never even happened. Some of the books are now out of print and those also now feel like they barely exist. It's actually only the book I'm writing at this moment that feels alive to me. But, also, it's like my writing practice restarted in 2014. Starting with the book I published in 2014, all my books are still in print. I've been a writer for thirty-eight years, but in my current trajectory I've only been a writer for eleven years. It's like I found a way to start over. And I am searching for a way to now start over again. (And, of course, all this writing must also have something to do with wanting to have something to do other than doomscrolling the current state of the world.)



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changing around (and unchanging) the various titles

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Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim (2024)
Desire Without Expectation (2027)
Faithful Unbeliever* (2030)

I now seem to spend a significant amount of time changing around (and unchanging) the various titles of the books I’m working on. I mostly do so here. (It also might be worth mentioning that I now think of these three books as some sort of strange trilogy based loosely around questions concerning the desire for utopia.)

*Other possible titles for the book I'm currently working on:
Know Me Better Than I Know Myself
Undoing Failure
Kind Sadness



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Jacob Wren on Patreon

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I have been thinking of doing this for a while. I don't know to what extent it will work, but I've started a Patreon:

https://patreon.com/jacob_wren_writer

I've set it to the lowest monthly amount: $3 U.S. / $5 Canadian. I was trying to think of what kind of amount I could afford. I know money is tight for everyone.

I'm currently writing some kind trilogy based loosely around the desire for utopia:

Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim (2024)
Desire Without Expectation (2027)
Faithful Unbeliever (2030)

This makes me realize I need more writing time then I've needed in the past.

If people were to sign up it would really help give me the extra time necessary to finish writing these books. For those who do so, they can read excerpts as I am writing them.

As well, as everyone knows, I'm very addicted to social media. So I'm wondering if this particular kind of addiction can help bring in any funds. (Also, a lot of people seem to be leaving social media at this moment. So Patreon could be a place for me to post things.)

In the long run I'm hoping to sign up 1,000 people. So far I'm at 8.

I know a lot of people like my books. I'm just wondering if any people like them enough to help out a bit. (My last book got some really nice reviews.)

Let's see what happens.

Jacob


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Three Trilogies

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Unrehearsed Beauty (1998)
Families Are Formed Through Copulation (2007)
Revenge Fantasies of the Politically Dispossessed (2010)

Polyamorous Love Song (2014)
Rich and Poor (2016)
Authenticity Is A Feeling (2018)

Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim (2024)
Desire Without Expectation (2027)
Faithful Unbeliever (2030)




(Man makes plans, God laughs.)

(I am gradually realizing that in the current still-in-progress trilogy - Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim, Desire Without Expectation, Faithful Unbeliever - all three books are based loosely around questions concerning the desire for utopia.)

(Also, all of the published books have been, or are in the process of, being translated into French by Le Quartanier and Éditions Triptyque.)

(If you're feeling extra generous and would like to help me continue writing books, you can find my Patreon here.)





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