So, as Siri talked about last month, we’ve been co-writing a novel which we’ve dubbed the Sekrit Project and have proceeded to infuriate everyone by keeping to the “secret” part of the name. And I am pleased to say that it’s more or less done, and is now in the pipeline for publication here at TDP. So it’s in the editing process, and I find myself free until we get comments back.
Free! ::kermit arms::
Now, don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed writing this book. I enjoyed working with Siri. I did not so much enjoy the fact that we gave ourselves eight months to go from nothing to polished novel draft. In retrospect, that is obviously not enough time and I don’t know what we were thinking. But hooray! We did it! And I’m pleased with the story and hope everyone else likes it as much as I do.
But it is nice to have a little bit more leeway in what I’m working on at any point and not have a mad dash toward the finish line.
So what am I going to work on now?
Well, first and foremost, I’m working on putting together a short story collection consisting of stories previously published here at TDP, as well as some new content. As soon as I finalize the new stuff, that should be ready to go.
I’m going back to my scifi serial, which, alas, has not been touched since the beginning of November. I’m into the climax there, so I’m hoping that I can jump back into it without too much trouble.
I’ve got some nonfic books plotted out that need writing and publishing.
I’ve got a variety of short stories in various states of being written, edited, and/or submitted that I should get back to.
I have a query letter to put together for a different novel.
And that’s just the more immediate stuff I could be doing. The future is wide open! At least until February, when it will be time to buckle down and dive into the final edit of the Sekrit Project. But that’s still at least two weeks away.