Since I wrote my last post, I have been so freaking busy! Sometimes I wonder if I've stretched myself too thin. For example. In November, I participated (and won) National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to write 50k words in the month of November. I did it. I've only successfully completed NaNoWriMo once before. This time I around, I spread my focus around writing on six different projects. I finished five of them. December was dedicated to editing all that mush into something readable. Aside from those stories, I have also ghostwritten a story and an article, started ghostwriting another story, edited another person's novel, edited three children's books, started an etsy shop, and also started a small press. All of this while taking care of my kids, exercising, and practicing the banjo. Oh! I also helped set up and run a Kickstarter project, started mentoring another HWA member, and also run my local HWA chapter.
You might be thinking, whoa, that's a lot of stuff! And you are correct. Sometimes it's overwhelming. Other times the stars align and I can manage to get it all taken care of no problem. But when doing things like this, something has to give, and so far, that something has been my own horror writing. I've written a few pieces under two different pen names, plus the two ghostwriting gigs, but when it comes down to it, my own, C.R. Langille stories have suffered. I'm currently working on a novella that should have been completed a long time ago, plus I'm sitting on a grimdark fantasy that is 75% drafted. I plan on finishing both of them up this year and releasing them, and hopefully even writing my next novel that is a creature-feature that's a mix between Cabin in the Woods and Alone.
Anyway, what am I getting at with all this? Oh yes, I'm busy. But so far it's a good busy. When it starts to become a hassle, then I will reevaluate my priorities and something will have to drop. Maybe I'll take on less ghostwriting gigs? Maybe I'll slow down on the pen names and focus on my own stuff? Who knows. What I do know, and what I'm trying to get across, is know your limits, or you'll burn so hot you'll flame out and lose your drive.
Keep on, keeping on. What are you all working on these days?
You might be thinking, whoa, that's a lot of stuff! And you are correct. Sometimes it's overwhelming. Other times the stars align and I can manage to get it all taken care of no problem. But when doing things like this, something has to give, and so far, that something has been my own horror writing. I've written a few pieces under two different pen names, plus the two ghostwriting gigs, but when it comes down to it, my own, C.R. Langille stories have suffered. I'm currently working on a novella that should have been completed a long time ago, plus I'm sitting on a grimdark fantasy that is 75% drafted. I plan on finishing both of them up this year and releasing them, and hopefully even writing my next novel that is a creature-feature that's a mix between Cabin in the Woods and Alone.
Anyway, what am I getting at with all this? Oh yes, I'm busy. But so far it's a good busy. When it starts to become a hassle, then I will reevaluate my priorities and something will have to drop. Maybe I'll take on less ghostwriting gigs? Maybe I'll slow down on the pen names and focus on my own stuff? Who knows. What I do know, and what I'm trying to get across, is know your limits, or you'll burn so hot you'll flame out and lose your drive.
Keep on, keeping on. What are you all working on these days?
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