little things and big things
After I finished the trilogy, I dealt with two shorter works that needed some editing and re-submitting. Now I find myself staring at a blank screen. Not quite true, but what should I work on next?
I looked at an early draft for a novel. That novel is probably the next novel I'll work on, but it needs some logic worked out. The most important question I need to answer is: what happened on Mars? See, the character has been treated to forget, but he retains a vague memory of something, but whatever happened becomes increasingly important in the story, so he needs to know. Problem is, I'd like to know as well, because I don't. I'm getting closer, but I'm not there yet.
So I will probably first deal with another novella-length work for kids. It's been sitting on my hard drive for about two years, in need of an edit according to theme, but otherwise reasonably complete. I think I know what the theme is, so I should probably complete this before moving onto the big fuzzy novel.
I looked at an early draft for a novel. That novel is probably the next novel I'll work on, but it needs some logic worked out. The most important question I need to answer is: what happened on Mars? See, the character has been treated to forget, but he retains a vague memory of something, but whatever happened becomes increasingly important in the story, so he needs to know. Problem is, I'd like to know as well, because I don't. I'm getting closer, but I'm not there yet.
So I will probably first deal with another novella-length work for kids. It's been sitting on my hard drive for about two years, in need of an edit according to theme, but otherwise reasonably complete. I think I know what the theme is, so I should probably complete this before moving onto the big fuzzy novel.