News: My To-Do List

10/23/15

• My to-do list is constantly in flux.  The story that is on the top of the list one week, drops to the very bottom a week later.  Sometimes a story I haven't touched in months becomes the number one thing I have to work on.  I have learned not to question or fight with the process; I'm just glad to be writing at all.  This week has seen some interesting changes to my list that I wanted to share. 
  
  
• First on my to-do list if figuring out what to do about The Case of the Wandering Wolves.  I had originally thought it only needed a quick edit, but now I'm not so certain.  Does anyone have any advice on what I should do?
  
  
• Next is my entire anthology/collections to-do section.  The stories in this section have firm due dates so they generally live near the top of the list.  As promised, LT3 put together a call for a holiday themed collection that my Hanukkah story would be a perfect fit for.  However, that is four anthology/collection stories I am currently working on, which is a lot.  Admittedly, The Case of the Wandering Wolves will be off that list by the end of the month (regardless of what I decide to do with it), which only leaves three, but that's still a large number.  Those three are LT3's Roughhouse Raiders call, the Fairytales Slashed Volume 7 call, and the Sharing the Seasons call.
  
  

1. Elemental Ride, my story for the Roughhouse Raiders call going great.  I am unbelievably happy with how it's turning out and I really want to submit it as part of the call.  However, it's such an interesting story that I am currently trying to decide if I want to submit it as a standalone instead.  As the due date comes closer I will have to make a final decision, but I'm going to keep working hard on this story over the next few months.
   
   
2. The Red Apple Witch is my story for LT3's Fairytales call.  To be honest, this is the story I'm considering dropping.  The story is still stuck at a very important transition scene and I'm not entirely certain I'll be able to complete it by the due date.  Also, LT3 is known for their fairy tales and I do expect that the call for Volume 8 will go out within the next few years.  This story can very easily be set aside until then and hopefully at that point my to-do list will be much smaller.
   
   
3. My Hanukkah story is going to get written.  I decided that and I'm going to stick with it.  It's going to be short and sweet, a contemporary (which I haven't written in a while), and is going to be fun to write.  Hopefully I'll be able to complete it by the due date. 
   
   

• Last on my to-do list is everything else I'm working on.  Justified is growing slowly, I have three stories I'm working on in my Supernatural Consultant Series, two stories I'm working on in my Out of Underhill Series, and I need to keep working on The Oracle's Current.  It's a lot to do and I enjoy working on all of them.  I'm really hoping to have at least one or two completed by the end of the year.