I thought I would take a quick break from the writing to share a little about the status of the book.

This Fall I have been working on strengthening the second half of the book, focusing on integrating in the story of Original New York Seltzer and it’s father/son founders. It’s a fascinating story and I can’t wait to share it all with you. Tomorrow I will finish a strong draft of this segment, which totals about 40 or so additional pages (a surprise to me, as I thought all core writing was finished earlier this year).

It’s been exciting to throw myself back into the research and writing phase – with new interviews and archives of 30 year old articles to comb through – and I’m almost sad this part is almost done. I get such an adrenaline kick from writing – most often during my morning commute on the M line.

Meanwhile, last week I went to my first “book” event at my agent’s office. It was for author’s pitching non-fiction books and editors looking for new books to sell. At least, that’s what was underneath the surface. On the surface, we were all at the same holiday party, drinking seltzer (what else!), eating cheese, and generally schmoozing. It was the first time I had to really sell my book in person – although, supposedly, I needed to pretend I was doing something else, making small talk or whatever – but it was fun. The my agent’s office couldn’t be more supportive of and excited about the project.

Back to writing!