David Cuen

It’s been a while since I posted here, and this time I have strong excuses. I have been busy at work, training for a marathon, breaking my shoulder (that’s a tale for another time) and writing not one, but two books. Yes. Two books at the same time.

I did not do it on purpose, but not really. I have been working on SMM (do not want to spoil the title yet) since 2024. It’s a story I love filled with complexity, memories, and morally dubious characters. With every revision, it gets stronger. Sometimes, I make myself believe I’m nearing the final draft – until an idea pops into my head, one to make it better. How long will it take until I can say it’s done? Until I can confidently say this is the best I can do? Who knows? Not long, I hope.

The thing is, I decided to apply – and got selected, thank you very much – to the Curtis Brown Creative course “Writing Fantasy”. Now, for that, I had to develop an entirely new project, and luckily, an idea was brewing in the compost of my mind. I took a stab at giving it shape and voilá: a new book was created. Well, the start of a new book. I’m like 10,000 words in.

For now, we will call it SLM, and it’s beautiful. As beautiful as a newborn is, something full of possibilities. As his father is up to me to get it in the best possible shape. There’s a long road ahead and tens of months before it gets to a beta reader.

So, I have a literary daughter about to reach adolescence and another one just a few months old. I love to make my life complicated.