"So I found myself wondering whether this was just what happens every time, and realised with a jolt that I simply didn’t remember. I still have very little sense of what writing a book is actually like. The process is like a black box."
I’m in France not checking the news, so here are some notes on the process that’s been consuming 80% of my brain of late. Also: a map of the 38 United States; and a brief etymological investigation.
