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April 13, 2009, 12:15 pm

I've always been obsessed with one novel at a time, but now, I am writing two, and I can't tell if it is folly or just my process.  I feel jet-lagged between two story worlds, never sure where I am or who I am with, and the sense of discombobulation makes me more than a tad anxious.  Sometimes I think it is fine to just keep working on both, that sooner or later I will gravitate more to one.  Other times I think this is ridiculous, and I should just choose and figure out that particular novel's problems and concerns before I move on.  I want to do both novels...but at the same time? I certainly can write a script while I write a novel, and while I was working on revisions for BREATHE (Algonquin 2010!) I kept writing, but this feels odd and different and...a little scary.  Has anyone else ever worked on two novels at the same time? Am I foolhardy or just obsessed?

Jennifer Gibbons

Jennifer Gibbons says:

Caroline, this is going out to you...

and I'm singing along! Oh dear, they're asking me to stop singing.

Seriously, two authors I can think of that have had your problem is Jessica Inclan and Lauren Lise Baratz-Logsted. They might be able to feel your pain. Jennifer Gibbons, Red Room

Eric Nichols

Eric Nichols says:

Hmmmmm... I wonder if it's

Hmmmmm... I wonder if it's an accident that "novels" spelled backwards is "sloven." :)

eric