I mentioned the sequels to The Shepherdess Princess that I have planned in my cover letter to
the publisher, so they would know that I plan to turn the one book into a
series of four novels. I assume that
they would want me to churn out the sequels right away if they accept my novel
for publication. I know I’m counting my
chickens before they hatch, but I find myself thinking about it just the same
because it could be a possibility in the future.
I also wonder if I’m being biased because I think my novel
is going to be one of those “hard to put down” scenarios for any future
readers, and the story line is better than some of the smut that’s mass produced
already.
I have my insecure moments to where I end up asking my
brother questions like “Do you really think it is good enough for
publication? Do you think they will like
it?” because he was my beta reader to which he replies, “They would be crazy
not to like it. I know I couldn’t put it
down. I read the whole thing from start
to finish in a couple of hours.”
My Problem Lately
Though…
My problem lately though is that I’m steadily losing some
steam as I try to write the sequel. I’m
not necessarily having writer’s block, but I get ideas for other novels I have
on the back burner at the moment. I’ve
been getting the urge to work on those novels instead, but I’ve been holding
myself back so far.
There is a life experience to add to my autobiography
manuscript I’ve had on my mind to write about that has newspaper clippings to
coincide with the story. I may start
working on that soon by looking up the old clippings from the newspaper. One of the libraries a town over from where I
live has the microfilm I could use to look up the articles I want, and get
copies made. I just need to woman up,
get on the bus, and go there. Before I
do that, I’m going to see if I could find any of the old articles online by
using a search engine first.
My autobiography isn’t the only book I’ve wanted to work on
either. There is another romance novel I
have an outline for that is totally unrelated to my Shepherdess series that has been making its presence known to
me. It’s very frustrating because my
instinct tells me to work on whatever it is that I have inspiration striking
at, but I get a headache when I think about what the publisher might prefer
that I work on!
