[[!tag noir noir patreon announcement]]

For the 2016 NaNoWriMo I started writing a novel about software development, "Hacker Noir". I didn't finish it during that November, and I still haven't finished it. I had a year long hiatus, due to work and life being stressful, when I didn't write on the novel at all. However, inspired by both the Doctorow method and the Seinfeld method, I have recently started writing again.

I've just published a new chapter. However, unlike last year, I'm publishing it on my Patreon only, for the first month, and only for patrons. Then, next month, I'll be putting that chapter on the book's public site (noir.liw.fi), and another new chapter on Patreon.

I don't expect to make a lot of money, but I am hoping having active supporters will motivate me to keep writing.

I'm writing the first draft of the book. It's likely to be as horrific as every first-time author's first draft is. If you'd like to read it as raw as it gets, please do. Once the first draft is finished, I expect to read it myself, and be horrified, and throw it all away, and start over.

Also, I should go get some training on marketing.