Looking Back at My Oeuvre

tyunglebower ♦ April 25, 2024 ♦ Leave a comment

Without having every work I have written since high school in front of my to prove this beyond a shadow of a doubt, I am going to contend the title of this post as only the second time I have made use of the word “oeuvre” lifetime. Certainly feels that way.

It just means “body of work.” Technically speaking, it probably only applies to such a body of work in its entirety, as opposed to a deliberate look at each given piece. I am announcing the former on this site coming up in May, wherein I will be looking back on each of my books and describing what I hoped to achieve, how it came about, general writerly stuff with the benefit of some distance in many cases.

So, the title may not be English professor-approved, but I just wanted to use “oeuvre” again.

Jokes aside now, I will in fact use May, possibly parts of June to look back on my various books. I am not renowned at this point, nor am I done with writing, so perhaps there is a “who gives a shit” element to this project, in which case, keep moving I suppose. Yet this year I have dedicated my time on this site to explore the nature of both writing, and my personal opinion on same. Best way to do that is to revisit my previous stuff in a bit more detail.

I would love you to purchase and read any of my previous works, but promotion (REpromotion?) is not the driving force behind this upcoming look back. Educations on process and presentation of my tastes as an author are the primary purposes of this little journey. Even if you do not (or have already!) choose to read any of these works, I hope you will get something out of my style and technique discussion as framed in these pieces.

As always, respectful comments and questions are welcome.

We will start next week with the first book I ever published, my short story collection, Thank You For Ten.