Goodreads asked Dave Riese:

What are you currently working on?

Dave Riese Authors are superstitious about discussing their next project. They may discover after six months of writing that the novel or memoir isn’t working and abandon it. Inevitably, when people learn you’re a writer, they’ll ask, “Who’s your agent?” and “When will it be published?” and “Is it about anyone I know?” The writer often underestimates the time required to finish the work (I needed an extra year for Echo from Mount Royal), then feels compelled to justify why the book is taking so long to complete. These discussions never end well.
Nevertheless I often ignore my own advice. I’ve started a fictional memoir based on the last years in the lives of my parents when I faced the fact that they will not be with him much longer. Watching them fail both physically and mentally caused me to confront my own mortality. The novel will explore how memories change over time to reveal my parents in a different light. Of course, there will be family secrets. I hope to show how memories both deceive us and encourage us to reexamine our lives.

And, no, I do not know when it will be finished.

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