Writing Process: Two projects

So, I may have mentioned in a prior post that I've been experimenting on the writing front.

Not with style, and not with voice, or viewpoint (when I want to do that, I often dip my toes into shorter pieces), but rather, with part of the process. I've been working steadily, and without break (well, okay, 4 days off, total, since February), on House Name (which I think will possibly have to be changed, as a title, but that's what I call it right now).

But I've also been working on an entirely different project at the same time. It's a novel, and the idea came up when someone asked me if I had a novel of a specific kind available to submit. Which is to say, the idea existed, and I thought it would work in that context. I wrote two chapters, and realized that it was not quite what they were looking for -- but I really wanted to write it, and since I occasionally daydream about writing a book for which there are no deadlines, I kept going.
( Thoughts about writing two novels concurrently beneath the cut. )