Today is the first anniversary of the publication of my novel The Formula. Although sales have been modest, The Formula has been downloaded for free over 30,000 times. Reviews have been mixed. Some seem to love it but there is a significant contingent of negative reviews that criticize the excessive use of math and physics. Frankly, the physics and its philosophical implications are central to the theme of the book. Still, I believe I can take some of the more complex parts out and still convey the main idea, referring the interested reader to this website for further explanations. A second criticism that has been leveled on multiple occasions is the manner in which the characters’ Brooklyn accents are conveyed. This should be an easier fix.
I think that publishing the novel independently has been useful; it has served as the ultimate premarket test. My plan, eventually, is to edit the book and attempt to publish it traditionally. At this point, though, I’d like to move on and begin my next project, a novel entitled To Catch the Wind.
However, I made a commitment to publish 4 articles on this website that provide supplemental information regarding some of the more complicated concepts expressed in The Formula. The last of these, an introduction to Bohmian mechanics, is nearing completion (although additional background material on requisite mathematics will probably also be needed).
I suspect my OCD tendencies will not allow me to move on until this last piece is wrapped up – hopefully soon.
Until then …