What is "Hammerfist"?

Well, here goes.

I've never made a blog before, I guess because I always thought they were just something that moms used to promote their Etsy shops. But after reading a note from Andy Weir discussing the evolution of The Martian, I realized that a blog could be a powerful tool in the process of fleshing out an otherwise disconnected group of ideas.

So let's get right to it: I'm writing a novel, and this blog is gonna be all about it.

Okay, so by "writing" I mean "already written". The first draft does exist. But it's still far from being finished. So this blog will serve as a type of...I don't know, retrospective brainstorming session, I guess, as I pick apart the multiple pieces of my manuscript and put them under the microscope. What works? What doesn't? Where did the ideas come from? What ideas do I still need to come up with? What are my favorite parts? How many question marks can I legally use in one paragraph?

This blog is going to be pretty wide in scope. I guess it'll just be anything that I find remotely related to the creation of this book - from the inspirations behind the original concept, to the writing process itself, to some selected showcases within the associated Synthwave culture (did I mention the book was based on Synthwave? Wait, I'm getting ahead of myself - that's for the next post. Slow down, Dreamwalker). It's a pretty long book, and the list of contributing elements is even longer, so we'll have plenty of time to kill. Hey, maybe I'll even throw in a few charming[ly boring] anecdotes.

Overall, I'm going to use this blog as a podium to autopsy the idiocy of my mediocre ideas. The results will probably be hilariously embarrassing. And just think - it's for all the public to see. I must be a genius.