Alexx's Patreon Update: October, 2021

Productivity streak broken :( Hit a major depressive patch, but I'm starting to pull out and get work done again.

• Annotated chapter 6 of Jerusalem, Modern Times. This chapter is from the point of view of a young Charlie Chaplin in 1909, touring with a theater company and enjoying some small success. While he has big dreams, he has no idea how big he's going to get. ( Read more... )


• Annotated chapter 7 of Jerusalem, Blind, But Now I See, which takes place on the same day as chapter 6. Our viewpoint character here is Henry George (AKA "Black Charley"), a black man and former slave from Tennessee who came to Northampton in the 1880s. The centerpiece of the chapter is Henry's learning that John Newton, who composed the hymn "Amazing Grace" and lived near Northampton -- had been a slave trader earlier in his life. Highlights:( Read more... )
• Integrating reader comments on various projects.

Projected for next time: Jerusalem, chapters 8 and 9.