Purgatory Deadline

I can has book published?

Well, I'm not there yet. I do, however, hope to have the completed draft to Purgatory by January 30th. I will then be looking for test readers who will be able to give me feedback. I will use said feedback on the "final" draft of Purgatory, which will be the version I send out to agents.

For those of you who aren't aware what Purgatory is about, (i.e. Those who are asking "what happened to BL?" On Hold.) here is a quick summary via the main character:

"Purgatory is supposed to be a type of limbo where souls await to go to heaven or hell, or at least that's what they tell you. Truth is, Purgatory is a fucking town with a carnival at its heart. I'm not sure which I hate more: the day when the carnival is desolate and quiet or the night when it all comes to life. The lights flash everywhere and the rides start up on their own. The merry-go-round goes around and around and around. If you listen hard enough you could even hear the honk of a big red nose. The giant red tent in the center of it suddenly lights up too. And then the music commences, and plays non-stop through the night, just keeps going and going. It's meant to drive you mad. You can tolerate it the first few weeks that you're here, depending on how strong you are. Then you throw yourself on the ground with your hands covering your ears, just wishing that it would stop. After 272 nights of this, I should have begged them to take me already. I should have allowed them to drag my grateful body across the carnival grounds. I should have let them laugh and point and laugh again. And yet I haven't. I'm not sure how many others have lasted this long, but I know most don't even make it past the never-ending jingle."

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