The blush of a new idea

It usually happens somewhere in the midst of the book I'm trying to finish on deadline. As my relationship with the current book grows rocky, a new idea comes along, seducing me with its attractiveness, its promise not to be difficult, and its possibilities. I want to stop writing the deadline book and write this book instead!

I never do.

Because, well, there's a deadline attached to the book I'm working on and an editor waiting for it. But I've turned in the deadline book, and now the...