Title: Working On My Novel, 2014
Artist: Cory Arcangel
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: 144 pages, paperback, 1.3 x 13.3 x 19.7 cm
ISBN: 978-1-8461-4742-5
Working On My Novel is a book which is based on a twitter feed that re-tweets the best posts featuring the phrase “working on my novel.” What does it feel like to try and create something new? How is it possible to find a space for the demands of writing a novel in a world of instant communication? Working On My Novel is about the act of creation and the gap between the different ways we express ourselves today. Exploring the extremes of making art, from satisfaction and even euphoria to those days or nights when nothing will come, it’s the story of what it means to be a creative person, and why we keep on trying.