There is joy in the journey. When you’re on a road trip, and you see something off the interstate worth investigating, you can discover something magical. However, if you spot something from there, and then something from there, you end up going nowhere. There’s a balance between mindless dedication to the destination and going wherever your heart leads you.
Well, right now there are so many shiny things I want to pursue it’s getting in the way of my writing.
I’m currently tackling book four in the next six-book series. It involves a Dickensian city filled with fantasy races, a human adopted by a skitter family, and a girl with the ability to become anything she can draw. It’s a novel in a full world. The entire project together will come in at about a quarter million words. That takes dedication!
But… I just came up with an idea for a new Oz novel. I love the originals written by Baum and Plumly. I’d love to try my hand at writing one.
Wait. Gotta finish his first.
But… I wrote a real quick story not long ago about a substitute dragon. I could write another book in that series! It wouldn’t take long!
Nope. Not gonna do it. Gotta wrap up this series before I start another.
Hey, remember that YA trilogy that you started? Go back and finish it.
Yes! That’s next on my list of things to tackle!
New ideas, leave me alone!
But not forever, please. Come back. Just… give me some breathing space, eh?
Jonathon Mast: Author 