Off topic, but is the title of your novel supposed to be a pun, or is that a weird coincidence? :)

dammit now i am interested, tell us the story man

Yes. I believe you can. But then, if I sell one to you, technically I am your publisher, whatever that means.

I went and rechecked the prices on their website. They changed slightly from when I bought them: 1 = $125; 10 = $295; 100 = $575; 1000 = Contact us (but you can already see the logarithmic trend).

Pun intended. No coincidence.
I have known people to have read the entire novel without noticing it, so great to see someone catch on so quickly.

I once answered a public call to take part in a short story collection by a small publisher here in Brazil by writing a short story and submitting it.

I got selected to be published, had to rewrite the entire thing again (the end result was much better anyway) and after a long long time, the publisher went under.

And that's the story of how I didn't get published. :(

God, do I feel smart now. A rare occurrence.

Most college men don't, why should you?

It really does sound fascinating, and has since I first checked it out quite some time ago. Promise I'll dig out my kindle some day and purchase/give it a read.

The structure and layers sound awesome. Most of my most-favorite books have odd structures, such as Catch-22, which exists in multiple time structures.

Have you read Calvino? I just adore Mr. Palomar. From enotes:

"Italo Calvino explains that each chapter contains various admixtures of three themes, and that its position in the index indicates the proportion. Primarily visual descriptions are indicated by “1”; those chapters which are most narrative are labeled “2”; “3” indicates speculative meditation. Each of the three major divisions of the book (“1. Mr. Palomar’s Vacation”; “2. Mr. Palomar in the City”; and “3. The Silences of Mr. Palomar”) is further divided into three groups of three chapters. The first chapter (labeled 1.1.1., “Reading a Wave”) is ostensibly the most visually oriented. The sixth chapter (1.2.3., “The Infinite Lawn”) is a mixture of description, story, and meditation. The fifth chapter of the second division (2.2.2., “The Cheese Museum”) is mostly narrative, and the final chapter of the third division (3.3.3., “Learning to Be Dead”) is the most speculative."

A halfway-decent explanation. I really love his work, but especially Palomar.

(This probably would have been better as a PM, but I saw an opening...)

I have attempted to read "If on a winter's night a traveler" but gave up halfway through. Haven't tried anything else. Will put "Mr. Palomar" on my to-read list.

Working on it, OP. Take some lessons from the pros by reading their stuff and seeing how they're able to use words and language to captivate their audience. But don't throw out newer writers. Someone on GOG has the weirdest book that has no dialogue and jumps from scene to scene. It gets annoying after a while but the rule breaking is impressive and opens your mind to new ways of expression.

Remember, a bad story told well can be better than a good story told poorly. ...Why were you writing inside of the toilet instead of on the stalls? o_O

I did wonder for a moment whether that was meant as an in-joke.

Only half a joke, for it is also the truth.

I've always secretly wanted to write children books. Not really sure why, I dont even read anymore. Loved to as a kid. I really should get back in to it.

And remember: thesaurus is your best friend. Couldn't edit my writings efficiently and coherently without it.

If these snippets come to you, then I think that's how you should continue. No point in forcing yourself to a specific work method as long as you're getting stuff written.