looking forward...

[lagilman]

The rest of 2008:
Finish up the BLOOD FROM STONE author proofs
post various blog entries
co-write and edit "How We Do it" for BVC

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2009

To Write:
PACK OF LIES
MUSTANG
THE VINEART WAR #2

[estimated grand total wordcount: 275,000 words]

To move through production:
HARD MAGIC
DAUGHTER OF THE SEA
THE VINEART WAR: FLESH & FIRE
DRAGON VIRUS


To prep for submission:
THE SANDERSEN WOMEN

To finish:
“A Heart of Wisdom”
“Snarky Water”
“A World of Unfortunate Place Names”
“Cold Iron Cross”


To figure out what to do with:
THE DIAMOND proposal (horror)
INSIGHT partial (YA)
DREAM CAMP proposal/partials (YA)

Oh, and find a home for "Flash & Twitter" [not its real title]


Right now, that looks like a nicely reasonable workload -- just enough to keep me focused, a little frantic, and out of unwanted trouble. We'll see how long the plan survives reality.... (anyone want to take bets?)

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

We'll see how long the plan survives reality....

Well, it probably won't go wrong before Jan 5, when the publishing industry behemoth wakens from its Christmas slumber...

[lagilman]

on the 6th, all bets are off...

[butterflykiki.livejournal.com]

*glees on books to look forward to*

[lagilman]

Hah. You already read one of them! ;-)

[butterflykiki.livejournal.com]

I know! But still! More books more books more more more! *glees*

[(Anonymous)]

How do you manage to do all that in one year? How do you manage to write 3 novels ON TOP of everything else? Does it just come with time? Do you have a strict process you follow? How do you deal with writer's block under what has to be a very tight schedule?

[lagilman]

We're actually going to be blogging about that next month, over at BookView Cafe -- how different writers handle scheduling their time. But really -- don't you work on more than on project at work? Didn't you take more than one class in school?

Yeah, being Creative on Demand's sometimes no picnic, and there re days you wander around the office thinking "ok, this is gonna be the time it all falls apart." And then you remember that you're a professional, damn it, and you make whatever arrangements need to be made (including, sometimes, a sit-down with your agent and editor to revise schedules) and you do what has to be done.

Yes, I do believe in writers' block. It's your brain's way of telling you that you've done something wrong, and need to fix it before you can write on. Once you do.. no more block!

[lagilman]

pssst. I do ask that people who aren't logged in/without LJ sign their names, just for politeness' sake...