Shifting Gears
While Book IV is still with its initial readers, I wanted to really dive into my next book, and use the time I'm not able to use on Book IV to make as much progress as I can on another project.
It's really hard. A goal I set for myself was to try to have two projects in the air at the same time, in different stages of development, but it's turning out to be a lot more difficult than I thought it was going to be. While there's nothing I can really do to Book IV until I get feedback on it, it's not actually done. It's still in my head, and I can't shake the voice I use for those books. I know I'm going to be diving right back into it shortly, and my brain refuses to shift over into something else. If you've read Midnight Magic and the Ashes books, you know that they are very different tonally, and I'm finding it hard to use a different voice while Book IV is unfinished.
Usually during this time, I do all the brainstorming for my next book, but I already did that when Midnight was at this stage, so that work is largely done. I just have to sit down and bash out the words. But the voice isn't there, and I'm having trouble finding it. Maybe it's good, a sign that my narrative voice is really strong in each book, or maybe it's bad, and I can't get work done as quickly as I want to when I have the chance. I don't know, it's weird.
What about Book V, you say? Well, I can't say I burned myself out writing Book IV, but I did scorch myself pretty good. I needed perspective on it more than any of the others, and for good reasons, but ones I can't share until the series is done completely.
But this is all temporary! I should be hearing back soon on Book IV, and then I'll have a better idea about everything going forward (like title reveals and release date... windows... and such).
Just a little glimpse into the weirdness of creativity and my process (at the moment). It seems to change every book, and none of this may even hold true next week! We'll see.
Take care, and thank you for reading.
It's really hard. A goal I set for myself was to try to have two projects in the air at the same time, in different stages of development, but it's turning out to be a lot more difficult than I thought it was going to be. While there's nothing I can really do to Book IV until I get feedback on it, it's not actually done. It's still in my head, and I can't shake the voice I use for those books. I know I'm going to be diving right back into it shortly, and my brain refuses to shift over into something else. If you've read Midnight Magic and the Ashes books, you know that they are very different tonally, and I'm finding it hard to use a different voice while Book IV is unfinished.
Usually during this time, I do all the brainstorming for my next book, but I already did that when Midnight was at this stage, so that work is largely done. I just have to sit down and bash out the words. But the voice isn't there, and I'm having trouble finding it. Maybe it's good, a sign that my narrative voice is really strong in each book, or maybe it's bad, and I can't get work done as quickly as I want to when I have the chance. I don't know, it's weird.
What about Book V, you say? Well, I can't say I burned myself out writing Book IV, but I did scorch myself pretty good. I needed perspective on it more than any of the others, and for good reasons, but ones I can't share until the series is done completely.
But this is all temporary! I should be hearing back soon on Book IV, and then I'll have a better idea about everything going forward (like title reveals and release date... windows... and such).
Just a little glimpse into the weirdness of creativity and my process (at the moment). It seems to change every book, and none of this may even hold true next week! We'll see.
Take care, and thank you for reading.
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