I'm not a prolific writer. I have three completed novels,
and many short stories, but it's taken me many years.
I know that's much more than a lot of folks who say, "I
want to be a writer," but much less than others.
My day job is running my own small engineering company a) which
I love, and b) at which I've been reasonably successful. That and raising a
family takes time, so it's not surprising that I don't have more fiction accomplished.
But I also love writing. So much so that I currently find
myself in kind of a strange position: I have too many projects that I'm
interested in pursuing, and it's a bit paralyzing. What's the opposite of
writer's block? Writer's flood?
The three completed novels are all meant to have at least
sequels, if not be the first of series. Nevertheless, I've also started two new
novels. The first is an adult mainstream story based on my time as a disc
jockey in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
The second is a ghost story based on Filipino mythology of Babaylans
(sort of shamans) and some really fascinating evil spirits. As I've done more
research, I'm getting interested in contacting and talking to whatever
relatives I might have in the Philippines. My father was one of eight kids who came
from the Ilocos Sur region. Perhaps my daughter Jamie will come through with
the Fulbright she wants to pursue and work there for a year.
But what about the sequels to my first three novels?
I've always maintain that I won't work on those until I sell
one of the first ones, but dammit, ideas for those are now starting to push
for more room in my skull. I need a contract to just simplify things and help
me choose a direction!
Any takers?
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