Why I'm Writing Two Series

I've been asked why I'm writing books for the Ambria series when the sequel to Into the Brambles has been languishing for a couple years.

For starters, fans of Into the Brambles will be pleased to know that the sequel, Through the Brambles, will hopefully be out late this summer. The book is about 95% written but needs a lot of editing. For that matter, Into the Brambles could also use some cleanup.

Okay, that out of the way, the big reason why I'm working on two series is to avoid writer's block.

The beauty of working on two stories is if I get stuck, I can work in the other until the block goes away. From experience, I know this technique works incredibly well for me. For most of my life I used this technique instinctively, but starting this year I started to do it consciously. The result has been a huge increase in productivity, which explains the rapid pace of the writing of the Ambria series.