Month: July 2024

After (or maybe technically before) the first draft, I had scenes set during Local Boy’s “normal” life in the 1970s as well as excursions with the Redhead in the tan van. I knew each time LB had a vantastic adventure it would shake up his present, and roughly figured I’d sprinkle them in to one…

Part 2 promised a van & a list. Here you get both. Musically a hit list is a ranking of top tunes—but there’s also a more nefarious, entertainment agnostic meaning. The list becomes Local Boy’s obsession for the rest of the novel. Tidbit List: Check out Local Boy Done Gone

Local Boy bailed on his previous big break to take the redhead’s ride in a tan van. This break-in is even bigger—directly revisiting a scene from the previous book. I keep calling Local Boy Done Gone a standalone sequel, but in these commentary posts I also keep pointing out places where the two stories intersect….

Part II of Local Boy Done Gone is called “A Van & A List.” The list we’ll get to in a bit. The van was teased at the end of the last chapter, which ended on “It’s always about a girl” as a segue into “About an Encore.” I loved how this came together structurally….