Ask any writer and she’ll probably tell you that she’s working on several projects at the moment, whether they’re still slow-brewing in the recesses of her mind or already splayed out in their messy 56782th-draft glory.
(Note: We’re not talking about the weirdos who devote themselves to one project at a time.)
The question, then, is which one we should work on. The one that keeps us up all night and creeps into our mind when we drift away, of course. But what if ALL those plot bunnies are simultaneously doing the can-can in your head?
It’s the classic case of too many stories, too little time. I CAN’T WRITE FAST ENOUGH for all you ideas, so if you could just form an orderly queue that would be really helpful thanks.
Will you, dear readers, help me decide? Drop a comment, send a private note or text if you have strong opinions on which WiP I should focus on now, because they’re all calling out to me in my dreams.
NO ROOM IN NEVERLAND
Pitch: With the help of her long-lost childhood friend, Gemma has to piece together her fragmented memories of imaginary adventures in Neverland to find out what happened to her missing parents.
Genre: YA contemporary
Status: Complete (Draft 9), but final edits required (damn typos will one day be the death of me, I swear).
BEFORE I REMEMBER YOU
Pitch: In a world where memories can be deleted, stored, and exchanged, Isabel and Lucas visit the memory killer to erase their painful memories, only to find themselves starting to forget everything, including each other.
Genre: YA magical realism
Status: Draft 1, page 217 (abandoned in early 2017 and I’m revisiting it now, but Act 3 does not want to reveal itself to me).
LAND OF SAND AND SONG
Pitch: After her chieftain father is ousted by rebel clans over a magical spring, 17-year-old Desert Rose seeks revenge by assassinating the person instigating the rebellion: the corrupt Emperor Zhao, who will stop at nothing to possess the elixir of life from the spring.
Genre: YA fantasy
Status: Draft 1, page 117 (WHAT FUN. MUCH EXCITES).
BLOOD PROMISE
Pitch: After her brother is captured for stealing fruits from the mercenary Traders who serve the fairies, April allies with a long-lost fairy prince and sets out on a rescue mission … only to find herself caught in a brewing fairy civil war where humans and changelings alike serve as pawns in the game.
Genre: YA fantasy
Status: Draft 6 (abandoned for two and a half years – it’s a hot mess, subplots all over the place, characters popping up in the middle of the story, convoluted story line, etc.).
LOVE POTIONS AND OTHER MYTHS (WORKING TITLE)
Pitch: The town of Blissville has the highest proportion of happy couples in the country. Dragging along her two best friends, “realist, not a cynic” Ravenclaw-girl Ruby Lou goes to investigate … and traces the source of all that romantic bliss down to a bakery owned by Henry Lee, a diehard romantic Hufflepuff-boy, who might just be Cupid in disguise.
Genre: YA contemporary romance
Status: Brewing, bubbling, simmering
A WORLD APART
Pitch: Sylvia is born with a condition that turns her insides to glass. To obtain the cure, she needs to find one of her doppelgangers in a parallel universe. Enter Wes, a runaway prince from another dimension, who is trying to save his war-torn kingdom HAHAHA I CLEARLY HAVEN’T THOUGHT THIS ONE THROUGH.
Genre: YA fantasy
Status: Fetus
the writes of passage 
Oh my gosh these all sound great, and ummm your aesthetics are so lovely! Not gonna lie, LOVE POTIONS is speaking to me, it sounds SO CUTE and I’d like to read it now please and thank you 😛
But I also still want to read LAND! Maybe pick two and use them to procrastinate on each other with? That way you’re not tied down to just one story, but by keeping it to two you can have a bit more focus?
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I am SO excited to get started on LOVE POTIONS too!!
That’s a great idea. I typically work on two novels at once (contemporary and fantasy) so I can bounce from project to project when I get stuck for either. Thanks for the tip! 😉 Forgive me if I start raving about Hufflepuff boys in the coming days 😛
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Awwww, Joyce, unhelpfully, I find all of them terribly interesting! But I’m definitely drawn to LAND and Before I Remember You. I can’t wait to read *all* of these books, one day! ❤
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You are too kind, Nicole! ❤ I want so badly to show you the first pages, and I can’t wait for you to get started on edits for Artemis!!
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