I got a couple of hundred words written – nowhere near my target, but it is clear to me now that the target needs adjusting. The fact of the matter is, I’m currently trying to:
- market my new release
- edit my manuscript from last year
- re-write my NaNoWriMo novel from several years ago
- do my paying freelance technical writing
- start a small business (a small Australian ebook publisher, more on this some other time)
- deal with some life stuff
Should I be surprised that I can’t keep up with one WIP, let alone two.
So for starters, reluctantly, I’ve got to drop the second work, the one that was going quite easily. I didn’t really think it was wise to try to write two at once; I thought I could handle it, but I can’t; and if I drop the one that’s isn’t going easy, I think I’ll never get back to it.
And I will have to return to the mode of operation I used when I worked a full-time office job. I think I’m busy now, but hey, I wrote two novels in my spare time back then, so I should surely be able to handle it now.
So it’ll be smaller targets, and time devoted on weekends until I get this awful first draft finally finished…
