While waiting for my editorial letter from Simon & Schuster, I'm having a blast and splitting my time between two projects: a new teen thriller called Paint It Black, and Perils of the Road, a half-finished novel I recently pulled out of the trunk. I love both of them, and they've been loving me back over recent weeks, filling my days and haunting my nights. Ever wish for a "time turner," like Hermione uses in the third Harry Potter book? Me, too.
So what about you? How are you filling your days?
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Glad to see you've come up for air and glad to hear you have a number of projects going on at the same time.
I too have several projects that are in different stages of development. Two of which (novel and short story), I'm sorry to say, have fallen way behind schedule. The third is a novel in the outlining stage but it's one of those ideas that you just want to shove everything else aside and get to immediately. There's just not enough time in the day especially when I'm stuck in a cube in Jersey City Monday through Friday. I'm not complaining about that last bit but it does make reaching writing goals a little more difficult.
Added to all that, the wife and I have sold our house and bought another, expecting to close in March. Can't believe I'm moving AGAIN, but we had to have this other house. Just another thing to pull me away from my desk.
The Writing About Popular Fiction class starts on Monday, so that will be eating a good chunk of my time. 6,000 words left to write on my thesis, then edits. Attending World Horror Con in June for the first time, so I'll need to come up with a pitch. And start a new novel just to say I'm working on something else. Plus a novella and two novelettes to finish. And, of course, the craptastic day job. I think that's everything for now. Wait until we start house-hunting. :P
Your agent hasn't given you a time turner? Tsk.
PETE: Moving again? What are you, a hobo? What if you take a shot to head? How will you know which house to go to?
Good luck, man.
Glad to know you're staying busy, and for what it's worth, I'd say if the new book is talking to you that loudly -- screaming at you -- listen to it. I can write something that excites me ten times faster than something I "should" write. Just a thought...
LORING!,
Holy crap! Talk about busy. Next time I'm feeling overwhelmed, I'm going to reread your comment, then slap my own face. Cool stuff. I'd considered hitting World Horror, but I'm leaning away from it now. Lots going on then, with BEA, NECon, and ThrillerFest hanging in the vicinity.
If you end up house-hunting in Jersey, just ask Pete. There are only seven or eight houses in the state he hasn't lived in.
ANITA: Not yet, but she did slip some polyjuice potion into my Christmas stocking.
Yes, I'm moving again. An opportunity came up and we had to move on it. Moving is going to remind me, yet again, how much stuff I have in boxes and bins.
I might take your advice and run with this other story.
Heh. I remember reading Prisoner of Azkaban and just fiercely wishing I owned a Time Turner. A Hippogriff would have been neat too, but my need for a Time Turner was rivalled only by my need for Bernard's Watch.
Good to see you busy! I finished a novella a few days ago and am going strong on a non-fiction film book with Sheri.
PETE: I'm looking forward to that story. Are you running with it?
E MAREE: In light of how busy you are, I think you could use both a time turner AND Bernard's Watch. Had to look up the watch -- very cool. For you American's out there, here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%27s_Watch
NICK: Congrats on finishing the novella! What's the pitch? Good to hear you and Sheri are killing the non-fic book, too. Keep on keepin' on!
JOHN: I am going to switch gears, box the present story (stand alone literary thriller) and go with the new story (thriller,first in a series).
PETE: Glad to hear it. How's it going?
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