Now comes the time to think about what is next. Generally, people reserve this moment for the hours or even days and weeks leading into the New Year. I like to taste the air and feel how the year is going to settle on me. It takes a little time. It took me about this long, and now there are things.
This conversation is happening in Seattle, where I find I think differently. It is not like New York at all, where I spent so many years and had so much of a mental ‘gestalt’ if you will, but it is also not the desert where my brain is stuck between gears so regularly. So, this place of possibility and wonder remains a great place to figure out next steps.
Here is what I want to happen: I want a solid outline of the fantasy world and thus the novel. I want to finish writing the Maricopa novel. I want to finish my sequel novel that is in some phase of pre-writing as we speak. I want to do one other project or story that is unconnected to any of that and totally different from what I do regularly.
These are the things thus far. I expect there will be more, but this is quite a bit to begin with. I ought to get started on that.
Some Thoughts:
- Somewhat connected to this conversation is the recent failure of the s key on my keyboard. It is not an old computer, but the s key is finicky now and that is on my mind when I type. I sometimes find that the words lack the s and then I need to go back and then I’m worried it will happen again and then I am weird about the typing in general. The only thing that should be on my mind when I type is the words flowing from that other place. So, this needs to be addressed.