And again, you speak to something I've been thinking about.
I had/have a day job. My first three books came out a year apart. During this time, I came to realize that 1) I was a slow writer who had a nasty habit of needing to toss the first 200 pages and start over, and 2) I was burning myself out.
Contract delays led to CI coming out two years after LAW. Life means that Jani 5 could come out anywhere from 2 to 2 1/2 years after CI, unless I get it done early (miracle) and a hole opens up in the schedule into which J5 can be dropped, which happens not infrequently.
I don't know how to address this. I am a slow writer. Not as slow as some, but if I have to keep the day job and no crises occur, it will be a book every two years. A year and a half if things go well. After I retire, something I'm thinking of doing in 4 years' time, this may open things up--I will have to work at least part-time, but part-time ain't full-time, which means more time to write. Whether this could knock the year and a half down to a year is anyone's guess, assuming anyone will still want to buy my books by that time.
Sometimes you wish that all you had to worry about was the story.
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Date: 2004-08-25 08:36 am (UTC)I had/have a day job. My first three books came out a year apart. During this time, I came to realize that 1) I was a slow writer who had a nasty habit of needing to toss the first 200 pages and start over, and 2) I was burning myself out.
Contract delays led to CI coming out two years after LAW. Life means that Jani 5 could come out anywhere from 2 to 2 1/2 years after CI, unless I get it done early (miracle) and a hole opens up in the schedule into which J5 can be dropped, which happens not infrequently.
I don't know how to address this. I am a slow writer. Not as slow as some, but if I have to keep the day job and no crises occur, it will be a book every two years. A year and a half if things go well. After I retire, something I'm thinking of doing in 4 years' time, this may open things up--I will have to work at least part-time, but part-time ain't full-time, which means more time to write. Whether this could knock the year and a half down to a year is anyone's guess, assuming anyone will still want to buy my books by that time.
Sometimes you wish that all you had to worry about was the story.