“So, are you and Larry on hiatus?” a friend
of mine asked at lunch.
I chewed my lettuce more slowly while I
thought about the answer. “No, we’re just really, really slow writers.”
Which got me to thinking…I’m not really a
slow writer. I’m a slow idea-generator. And Larry? You’ll have to ask him.
Since we started Book Two, we’ve been
churning out a scene about every two weeks. At that rate, it’ll take us about
five years to complete Book Two. Actually, that’s how long Book One took. Although,
we did take a hiatus while I went back to school.
Maybe it just SEEMS slower than the first one.
On it we didn’t pick up the pace and begin producing a chapter a month until
close to the end. We were motivated. The end was in sight!
Right now, we’re at the beginning, maybe 30
pages in, and moving at a drunken slug’s pace. Sprinkled with salt. On a sunny
day. It won’t last. Once we get a few more chapters under our belt and all of
the characters introduced, we’ll be able to pick up the pace. Maybe instead of
five years, it’ll take, oh….I don’t know…let’s go with ‘fewer’.
In the mean time, I’m back to researching
agents and hopefully (this time, I know I’ve sad it before) get our manuscript
submitted somewhere. I have a few names I’m considering and a query letter
almost complete. Just a few tweaks.
And instead of spending five years on tweaks,
I aim to actually take…
…fewer.
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