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Writer's pictureR J Clark

The Mourning House

A little over a year ago, I wrote the first chapter of something that would become The Mourning House.


Initially, I wanted to write a story about the nature of father-son relationships.

I've been trying to tell this story for nearly five years now, and have had several promising, but, ultimately, false starts — despite some excellent writing and some wonderful beginnings. The stories or set-ups didn't connect with me. They didn't work, sadly.


There was no false start in October. I hit the ground running and haven't come up for air since. In a month, I've written over 100K words, and over 450 pages!


And now, I know why I pushed this story away for a time. It's a very personal piece and while there is a lot of a father-son relationship it is not the primary theme.


I have no idea where this will end up when it's finished as far as publication, but I wanted to share with you that I am working on something special. It's good. Very, very good.


Hopefully I'll wrap it up by the end of the year and can catch my breath long enough to finish HomeComing.


I hope The Mourning House finds a home.

It deserves a life.


More soon.


May the road rise...




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