Monday, July 23, 2012
Juggling Books
Have you ever tried to learn how to juggle? It's harder than it looks. At least it was for me.
Last week I juggled books. Five of them.
1 - CONFESSIONS OF A SLIGHTLY NEUROTIC HITWOMAN --Answered emails and responded to Facebook posts and Tweets about.
2 - FURTHER ADVENTURES OF A SLIGHTLY NEUROTIC HITWOMAN -- Handed in changes to the Confessions sequel to my editor. Worked on a marketing plan since it'll be released in October!
3 - BOOK ON SUBMISSION TO EDITORS -- (not a Hitwoman book) Discussed with my agent.
4 - WORK IN PROGRESS -- (also not a Hitwoman book) Finished up the first 1/3 of a new book and sent it to my agent. Bit nails, gnashed teeth, but all is well. She's loving it. More discussion.
5 - THE NEXT BOOK I WANT TO WRITE -- I want to give one of the characters from FURTHER ADVENTURES OF A SLIGHTLY NEUROTIC HITWOMAN their own book. Maggie won't appear in it at all. Made notes. Spent too much time thinking about.
So how did I do with the juggling? I called one of my own characters by the wrong name when corresponding with my agent.
What are you juggling right now?
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7 comments:
Juggling is the name of the game! I've got nine of of 12 book series in some stage of done-ness at the moment. I'm either formatting, editing, making notes or writing something, plus working on my blog/website. No rest for the weary.
Clarice -- Wow, that's A LOT of juggling. I'm impressed!
Clarice -- Wow, that's A LOT of juggling. I'm impressed!
You amaze me. I like to think I'm getting better at juggling tasks. (I think... I hope.) But I'm not up to five balls in the air at once. Right now, I'm just trying to focus on this one - throw it, catch it, throw it catch it. Now I'm also thinking about this other one - throw1, move two, catch 1, throw2, move one, catch two... It gives me a headache just thinking about the process.
It sounds overwhelming when you read the "dirty" details like this, but you've truly captured one of the keys of writing: keep doing it. Don't wait on a book to be critiqued before you start writing again. Find something new to work on, jump to an old project, etc.
Just keep at it! :)
Holy crap. That's a lot of juggling LOL! Awesome job!!
B.E.-- The whole thing IS a headache, lol
E.J. -- Thanks for stopping by! Yes, the trick is to keep at it. Even when you're not 100% sure what "it" is.
Lindsay -- Can you hear "splat splat splat" as I miss things? ;)
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