Days like today – wondering what comes next.

My latest manuscript is poised for a complete revision – total change of direction – different story line. Whew!

I’ve worked on this story for over two years. It’s been tweaked until I cannot stand to tweak it any more. And, after discussing it with my agent, I’ve decided to rewrite it – starting from the bottom up. Same characters – different story – even different genre, going from Young Adult to Middle Grade. Actually a prequel to the current manuscript. But, I’m not ready to tackle it – yet.

Seriously – I don’t want to revisit that world in the near future. I need a break, because my head in spinning from all the previous iterations of this story! So… I need to work on a different manuscript.

Some of my choices are:

Sci-fi wormhole travel – YA

2 Fantasy quest novels – YA (1 contemporary, 1 historical)

Fantasy magical novel – MG

Contemporary fairy tale retelling – YA

Contemporary romance – YA

2 Civil War Era historical fiction – YA

Lots of stories in progress. But, a part of me yearns for a summer of poetry.

Not sure exactly what I’ll work on next – maybe I’ll even end up ignoring all of these and go for something brand new at Camp NaNoWriMo!

I never went to summer camp. This might be good for me!

Have you ever tweaked, pushed, pulled, and otherwise mangled a manuscript into something you don’t want to mess with any more? If so, where did you go from there? Did you chuck it and start all over again? Did you do something brand new? I’d love to know!