Every week I publish a post with a single Ask Me Anything question. I’ll start in the beginning with questions found on a website to ask authors, but leave comments with your own questions and I’ll get to them.
How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?
At the moment? 6 half finished, 2 unpublished.
But that’s misleading.
I have 3 half-finished projects that I’m actively working on. 2 that are the next in series for each of the series I’m working on. Because when I finish a book, the next thing I do is write the first two chapters of the next book in that series. So that when I come back to it, I can read that and know where I’m going.
The two unpublished books are just waiting for publication. 1 with the publisher and the other will be out later this month.
Everything I’ve finished has been (or will be) published. Though there’s one that underwent a total rewrite. And I only have one project that I started and gave up on.
Asking how many I currently have in the planning stages? And how long they’ve been there, that’s a whole different story.
I have 16 yet to be started projects lined out. Most have been added in the last six months, and are on a schedule, with deadlines. But there are two that do not. Those two have basic ideas but they’re not developed, the characters refuse to talk to me right now. And they’ve both been on the list for at least 5 years.