Authors, Writers, Publishers, and Book Readers

Multiple Works in Progress

How many of you have multiple works in progress? Are they all the same genre? How do you divide your time between them?

Currently, I have 4 WIP's.... sounds like alot huh? Right now I am thinking that too! As my second book just went back to my publisher for the formatting (after 13 hours of editing, my eyes are still crossed) I find myself looking at all the projects I have in the works.

One project is about half way through - but I had come up with a snag in the plot and I got frustrated so I put it on the back burner. Recently, as I find myself mulling over the issue, I think I found the way to work through my snag... but.... There is a more recent project that I started that I was working hard on. As soon as I figured out how to work through the other issue, I lost my train of thought on the new one.

Then there is the other book that I am working on with another author. Now that one is a huge project that will be in the making for a long time, but we are throwing ideas back and forth and running plot ideas and twists back and forth.

Then there is book 3 of my series (the second book is about to be published). After reading book 2 - and coming back to those characters I find myself running that plot hard and heavy in my mind. Conversations and characters building....

I'm at a loss right now as to exactly what I should be working on. I think I have so many things in the works that I am befuddled as to which one to go to next.

Anyone else get themselves in this situations? How do you work through them?

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Permalink Reply by Catherine Green on September 28, 2011 at 10:19pm

Nope I have never heard of Netflix! I think we do have places to download shows online, but True Blood is hard to get hold of over here and I'm not exactly computer savvy.

Borislava - I am not familiar with the idea of doing games etc so I can't help there I'm afraid. It sounds like good PR though, a bit different.

Stacy Eaton said:

Rob - I don't think they have Netflix in the UK. I was talking to another friend about that before.

Robert L. Allen said:
Don't you get Netflix there. I watch everything on Netflix, no commercials. Good to have you back...

Catherine Green said:
Hello everybody! I've been MIA for the last few days, it feels like a month! How did we ever survive without the internet? My weekend was a busy one with social functions, but now I'm catching up with work.

I had to continue writing a short story earlier. it features one of my secondary Redcliffe characters, and I started it a couple of months ago, lost interest, and then today it came back to me again. Weird, but that's how it goes! So I added another page to that, and then another page to my next novel, and now I'm getting ready for another TV installment of True Blood series 3, which has only just started in the UK but I'm hooked again!

See you later!

Permalink Reply by Kay Elizabeth on September 28, 2011 at 11:34pm

Borislava, I've posted this in a separate thread for you on the forum because your question will get lost in this big thread. Hopefully you'll get more seeing it there that may be able to help.

http://www.authors.com/forum/topics/any-experience-of-making-games-...

Borislava Borissova said:

Hi to everyone,

I need your help. I prepare myself to participate in a chat with gateways and games for readers and I would like to ask you if you have experience, what kind of games for readers do you enjoy most, what kind of games for readers do you know? The award will be a Kindle copy of my book but what kind of games to offer so the chat to be interesting?

Thank you in advance for your possible support :))))))

/Stacy, I am still not ready with my trailer :(((((((/

Permalink Reply by Stacy Eaton on September 29, 2011 at 12:34am

Borislava - Hey - we are all here to help each other!!!!

Permalink Reply by Robert L. Allen on September 29, 2011 at 7:56am

How about youtube. Type it in the search engine and play the show, it might be utube, I can't remember.

Catherine Green said:

Nope I have never heard of Netflix! I think we do have places to download shows online, but True Blood is hard to get hold of over here and I'm not exactly computer savvy.

Borislava - I am not familiar with the idea of doing games etc so I can't help there I'm afraid. It sounds like good PR though, a bit different.

Stacy Eaton said:

Rob - I don't think they have Netflix in the UK. I was talking to another friend about that before.

Robert L. Allen said:
Don't you get Netflix there. I watch everything on Netflix, no commercials. Good to have you back...

Catherine Green said:
Hello everybody! I've been MIA for the last few days, it feels like a month! How did we ever survive without the internet? My weekend was a busy one with social functions, but now I'm catching up with work.

I had to continue writing a short story earlier. it features one of my secondary Redcliffe characters, and I started it a couple of months ago, lost interest, and then today it came back to me again. Weird, but that's how it goes! So I added another page to that, and then another page to my next novel, and now I'm getting ready for another TV installment of True Blood series 3, which has only just started in the UK but I'm hooked again!

See you later!

Permalink Reply by Robert L. Allen on September 29, 2011 at 7:59am

I second Kay Elizabeth's idea...

Borislava Borissova said:

Thank you, Steve!

liI will keep you informed about my trailer, Stacy! Thank you for your interest in my writing and PR efforts :)))))

Steve Norris said:

You could try games like hangman, word association or 3-word story builders

Permalink Reply by Borislava Borissova on September 29, 2011 at 8:23am

Robert, Stacy, Kay Elizabeth and all others friends here,

I published a message on the link offered by Kay Elizabeth. I hope we will continue the discussion there.

Stacy Eaton said:

Borislava - Hey - we are all here to help each other!!!!

Permalink Reply by Robert L. Allen on September 30, 2011 at 8:12am

I don't know where you typed that in, I couldn't find it. Was it in Author's.com?

Borislava Borissova said:

Robert, Stacy, Kay Elizabeth and all others friends here,

I published a message on the link offered by Kay Elizabeth. I hope we will continue the discussion there.

Stacy Eaton said:

Borislava - Hey - we are all here to help each other!!!!

Permalink Reply by Borislava Borissova on September 30, 2011 at 8:35am

Yes, I did it in answer of Kate Elizabeth message:

Borislava, I've posted this in a separate thread for you on the forum because your question will get lost in this big thread. Hopefully you'll get more seeing it there that may be able to help.

http://www.authors.com/forum/topics/any-experience-of-making-games-...

Robert L. Allen said:

I don't know where you typed that in, I couldn't find it. Was it in Author's.com?

Borislava Borissova said:
Robert, Stacy, Kay Elizabeth and all others friends here,

I published a message on the link offered by Kay Elizabeth. I hope we will continue the discussion there.

Stacy Eaton said:

Borislava - Hey - we are all here to help each other!!!!

Permalink Reply by Catherine Green on September 30, 2011 at 3:24pm

Oh yeah, I forget you can watch shows on there! The only problem now is my husband keeps stealing the computer to watch his programs, because he falls asleep when they are on!

Thanks

Robert L. Allen said:

How about youtube. Type it in the search engine and play the show, it might be utube, I can't remember.

Catherine Green said:
Nope I have never heard of Netflix! I think we do have places to download shows online, but True Blood is hard to get hold of over here and I'm not exactly computer savvy.

Borislava - I am not familiar with the idea of doing games etc so I can't help there I'm afraid. It sounds like good PR though, a bit different.

Stacy Eaton said:

Rob - I don't think they have Netflix in the UK. I was talking to another friend about that before.

Robert L. Allen said:
Don't you get Netflix there. I watch everything on Netflix, no commercials. Good to have you back...

Catherine Green said:
Hello everybody! I've been MIA for the last few days, it feels like a month! How did we ever survive without the internet? My weekend was a busy one with social functions, but now I'm catching up with work.

I had to continue writing a short story earlier. it features one of my secondary Redcliffe characters, and I started it a couple of months ago, lost interest, and then today it came back to me again. Weird, but that's how it goes! So I added another page to that, and then another page to my next novel, and now I'm getting ready for another TV installment of True Blood series 3, which has only just started in the UK but I'm hooked again!

See you later!

Permalink Reply by Stacy Eaton on September 30, 2011 at 3:27pm

OK - have to share..... Got word from my publisher this morning.. Book 2 has been published - and Amazon is currently uploading the kindle version! SHould be live tomorrow! I feel like having my second book published makes me feel more like a real author!!! SO EXCITED!

Permalink Reply by Steve Norris on September 30, 2011 at 4:10pm

Congratulations Stacy, send me a link and I will pick it up.

Just posted this blog you may be interested in

http://www.authors.com/profiles/blogs/e-book-promotion-days

Permalink Reply by Catherine Green on September 30, 2011 at 5:14pm

Wow fantastic, well done! Ooh get you!

Stacy Eaton said:

OK - have to share..... Got word from my publisher this morning.. Book 2 has been published - and Amazon is currently uploading the kindle version! SHould be live tomorrow! I feel like having my second book published makes me feel more like a real author!!! SO EXCITED!