Introducing Friday in Florence, coming this April

Today I announce a project that I have been working on pretty much every day for the last year.  From when I had the idea on a train in Florence, to the multi-month long quarantine in the pandemic, to zoom classes, a month and a half long Christmas break, to my final semester of college, I have spent at least a part of every day working on this project. And I’ve never been prouder to release it. 

Let’s be honest. I have no business writing a book. Yes, I’ve been writing amateurly since high school and did a little freelance during the summers, but a book is a different beast. Writing a book supposes you have a halfway decent mastery of the craft (I don’t) or something really important to say (ehh, that’s for you to decide if I do this with this book).

But if I’ve learned anything from this pandemic, nobody knows shit. Nobody knows what’s going to happen tomorrow, if tomorrow is even going to happen, so fuck it, I went and wrote a book.  

With that said, it is my pleasure to announce my first book, Friday in Florence, in (digital) bookstores everywhere April 18th.

There is a good chance that I read this book in three weeks (if I am brave enough, that is) and recoil with how bad it is. There’s a good chance that you are going to do the same. But right now, I am about as proud of this book as I could be with anything, and that has made it all worth it.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. If you end up liking the book, let me know. If you don’t, well, keep it to yourself.

Take it easy,

Matthew

*Cover art by the amazing Sydne Barard