I am officially at the half way point in my vampire novella which is due May 1. It’s scheduled for release in December as half of Nocturne’s Holiday with a Vampire anthology. The other author is Merline Lovelace. I’ve done a couple of proposals with vampires before, but they never made it to the “present to editors” stage. Not because I didn’t like them, just because things changed while I was working on them and I didn’t feel their time was right. I have one I particularly like though set partially in current time and partially in the late 1700’s, kind of a dual timeline thing. At some point I may go back to that one because it still calls to me.
But back to this vampire. :) His name is Drystan and hers is Aimee. I’m calling it my “heartwarming tale of the undead.” Okay, that is kind of a joke, but it is heartwarming–not a single throw someone up against the wall scene yet. Although I may have to add at least one…maybe in the church….
Sorry, left you there for a second. So, I’m at the halfway point, and here is my dilemma. I’ve been taking it easy with this one, writing just a couple pages a day on it and spending my other writing time working on a new idea I have (paranormal, but not like my Nocturnes–kind of a paranormal romantic thriller). But at the halfway point I’m thinking it may be time to knuckle down and push through to the end. Spring break is coming up, as is the Ninc Conference. It would be great to have my rough done before I headed out at least on the latter.
But I hate to leave that other idea completely either…It’s so hard.
For other writers out there, are you one idea workers? Meaning you work on one thing solely until it is done? Or do you bounce between things? Work on mutliple projects in the same day, week, what?
Hi, Lori -
I’m so jealous! You’re halfway done and I have another book to do before I can even start on my Vampire novella.
I’m one of the bouncers you mention above — I often flesh out and submit proposals while in the middle of writing or editing other books. The approval process is soooooo long, I like to have several proposals in the pipeline.
Getting excited about a new idea sure makes it hard to maintain enthusiasm for the work currently in progress, tho!
by Merline March 4th, 2008 at 8:31 amAh, but you have more books to write! You are much more in demand.
by Lori March 4th, 2008 at 6:17 pmI work on mutliple projects all the time, usually at different stages of completion: one a first draft, another a revision, a third at the polish stage. I also try to work on very different things, rather than, say, three vampire stories simulatenously. The benefit is that I find switching between genres and concepts keeps my thinking fresh.
by Alex March 5th, 2008 at 11:31 am