Recent Developments
A lot has happened in the past seven months, since I finished the first pass at my book. This landing page is in its early stages, but there’s a lot to tell. In fact, a whole heck of a lot has happened in just the past six weeks. In short:
I’ve figured out a lot that I got wrong in my first attempt at reconstructing what actually happened two years ago, and I’m ready to start seriously revising the story. Presently, I’m in the very early stages of the process of turning the single volume into several discrete, smaller volumes, as well as companion pieces posted to this website in native-digital form. I’m not sure if I’m ultimately going to formally release the revisions to the public domain (the way I did the first attempt at my single-volume memoir), but I’m going to post the new versions as free PDFs to this website at least.
I’ve been to see the late-night shows a whole lot in the past six weeks, as well as stand-up shows featuring the late-night comics. In all, I’ve attended seven tapings of the various shows, one album-launch party for the Late Show’s band, and five stand-up shows featuring the late-night comics/hosts (with more coming up later this summer). I have, to say the least, a lot to say on the subject, and I’ve written about it on my website, in a reflective piece that’s still under development, called “On Prophecy and Best-Laid Plans: Adventures in Sobriety and Late-Night Fandom”
I’m still reaching out to professionals to try to find someone who’s willing to help me send some emails, or DMs, or make a few phone calls, just to check this story out. I’ve reached out to many mental health providers, as well as to some professional academic researchers and some journalists. So far, no luck, but I have reason to hope still. I haven’t given up.
I have some other writing projects, and what appears to be one last season of frisbee to get fully into. So, if I disappear for weeks at a time into frisbee-land, don’t be too worried. More is to come on this project, no doubt.