Writerly Ambition and a Secret Project

Last Wednesday, I received an e-mail about a potential writing project. I haven't had a Secret Project in quite some time, but if I were to do this one, it would certainly qualify. I've already signed a nondisclosure agreement and everything.  (So don't ask me about the details.)

To say I'm torn would be an understatement.  I'm already working on The Snow Queen's Shadow, which is due October 1.  I've also got a short story for an anthology due in a week.  The deadline for this new book would b...