This is one thing I like about my process. As long as the two books are at totally different places (one in revisions, the other in the building stage), I can work on 2 projects at once. This is cool for me because usually the one in the building stage gives me head space from the one I'm revising (which I've seriously needed as I've worked on the voice I want for the Alden novels -- the revisions for book 1 have been brutal in trying to figure out how to reach close to what I want without making myself crazy).
I have, however, set aside all my short story work for the time being. The writing, revising, and submitting of the shorts is not only frustrating, but also cuts into the novel writing time and has been a part of the reason novel #1 is still not done. Granted, it's not a BIG part of the reason, but I'll take every little bit of time not working on and submitting shorts gives me.
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Date: 2008-06-09 05:03 am (UTC)I have, however, set aside all my short story work for the time being. The writing, revising, and submitting of the shorts is not only frustrating, but also cuts into the novel writing time and has been a part of the reason novel #1 is still not done. Granted, it's not a BIG part of the reason, but I'll take every little bit of time not working on and submitting shorts gives me.