Multiple Manuscripts

How many different manuscripts can you work on at the same time? I used to only focus on one at a time, but lately that's not the case. Right now I’m reading through THE VASE again, and revising it still. But I really call it a completed manuscript, so much so that I have submitted it to several publishers. It doesn’t mean I’m not still working on it though as this latest reading proves.

I’ll probably read through KILLER OF KILLERS again and more than likely find enough in need of improvement that it, too, can be considered a WIP.

I’m in the thick of revising KILLER EYES, and it’s a long way from anything close to completion. And I’m in the beginning stages of INSIDE THE OUTHOUSE, my first effort toward an MG/YA novel.

So that’s four different novels I’m working on right now, but I’m concentrating on making THE VASE as good as it possibly can be.

It’s a good feeling when you’re reading your own work and you find yourself thinking to yourself what great writing it is.

It would be great if an editor thought likewise. Oh, but there’s that subjective thing again. Still, if what I’ve read in bookstores can be considered good writing, then I believe I have a chance.