This month I’ve decided to take a metaphor and beat it to
death. Why? Look how long I’ve been doing this. It’s difficult to come up with 77 things to
write about that all have to do with what I’m currently working on or writing
in general. I don’t think I’ve ever
driven a metaphor into the ground before so this’ll be new.
I’ve been working on the Love in Andauk series for about two
years. The last book releases this month
so I need a new direction. I just took a
few weeks off for Christmas. That was
neutral. I need a few days of overdrive
to grind out some formatting that I should have done before the break. Then I plan to downshift for as long as
necessary.
I promised my kids I’d write another Wisherton book when I left
Andauk. I’ve been cruising through the
existing books to keep a smooth ride into the next one. This writing will cover different
terrain. I’ll need to engage the action
gear in place of the romantic one. It’s
a little overheated right now anyway.
Hopefully, I can keep some humor turning during this adventure.
I’ll be planning my next love story while I’m in
Wisherton. The teeth of these two gears
will alternate as I make time for them.
I haven’t made any decisions yet about that next love story. I have considered going in reverse. I could return to Hartford to pick up some
minor characters to populate a new series in an old town. I seem to be spinning my wheels with that
idea. I’ll keep swapping out gears until
one feels like it has some traction. In
the meantime, I hope everyone enjoys What Goes Around more than my metaphor
butchering. But hey, at least it wasn’t
personification.