The second idea, the sister novel, I have quite a bit of groundwork-that I started on 10 years ago! That’s back when I submitted query letters to several agents and was going to go the “mainstream publisher” route, and of course, Love was quite a different story then. Most of these deletions occurred within the last five years or so, after deciding Love was going to be a Christian romance-whereas in the very beginning Love resembled a novel that could have probably been titled Lust. The first idea, the romance novel, I can take some ideas from several chapters and scenes I deleted from Love, Texas – Population 2. So, these last two weeks I’ve been reviewing those notes and brainstorming ideas from what I have already. For Novel 2, I already have pages of notes on two separate ideas. The beginning process for this WIP is different than my last book because my last book I was starting from scratch. That’s not a typo! What on earth took me so long, you ask? Read my first blog post Persevere and you’ll find out. Love, Texas – Population 2, took 17 years to write. That goal might not seem so crazy for a “normal” writer-but for me, my friends and family are probably laughing their heads off saying, “Good luck with that!” Why? Because Novel 1, a.k.a.
As in, my goal to finish writing Novel 2 is in the time frame of one year. Make note I said “next year” in the above paragraph. Tee hee!Īs you can see, a WIP is exactly as the name implies – a constant work in progress! This novel will go through so many changes in the next year, it will be like a teen going through outfit changes trying to decide what to wear on her first date. Or … I might even make it a combo novel, with a working title of Sisters With a Subplot of Romance. If I go with writing a women’s fiction book instead, that working title will be Good Sister Bad Sister. Although when I last worked on it this past Saturday, I’m about 90% sure the new working title of my WIP will be Bad Sister Good Fireman Romance Novel.
Ha! Well, seriously! I just started working on it two weeks ago, so I haven’t even decided yet if it’s going to be a Christian contemporary romance novel or if it will fall into the category of Christian women’s fiction. My recently published novel Love, Texas – Population 2 is not my WIP – because it’s completed! And because that book has been published and I’ve taken a writing break, as of October 2 nd, I’ve started my WIP. Her current novel, her current non-fiction book, her current screenplay, her literary work that she’s currently writing and making progress toward completing.
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