Jealous Ideas
I finally got the web site to a point that I’m pretty happy with. (Click on the “Magic Bound” link to the right and you’ll see it.) I’ve had fun playing with the graphics and the layout on this one. I’ve also had fun coming up with some of the background information I put on it. Having to write it all out made me think up new details, some of which I’ll be putting in the book, and a few which gave me some story ideas.
What I’m not having fun with is plotting the sequel. I made the mistake of letting myself think about ideas for another series for a couple days and, unfortunately, I thought of something. Now it won’t leave me alone.
This is why I very deliberately did not allow myself to pursue other ideas while I was working on this book. Ideas are jealous. They want you to spend time with only them and leave all the other ideas alone. Then they start fighting with each other and squandering brain power that you could be using to finish a project.
Research is beckoning me like a Siren (mythological, not police) but I’m doing my best to tune it out. I really don’t want to start that story yet. I want to get the sequel nailed down first. I want to finish this book first. Then I’ll indulge in all the research I want, but it has to wait.
Maybe the sequel ideas are just sulking because I don’t like them as much. I wonder what it would take to convince them otherwise. What’s the equivalent of chocolates and flowers for creative personifications?