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my habits, and not my habits
When you have two books underway, do you set days to work on one or the other, or do you just pretty much have to go however the muse tells you to? Is one going more easily than the other right now?
The way I work has changed over the last few years. I don't know why, exactly, although I have some suspicions. But the short answer is: the muse rules. She's the pushiest of broads. I have posted about her before, here. She took exception, and decided to punish me. Now I can't write in the green chairs at all (you'll have to read the post if you want to follow the discussion.)
So, it used to be that I transfered back and forth between books in progress as the muse desired. She was tired of one or stuck on a plot point, she pointed imperiously to the other. After Fire Along the Sky, however, she decided she wanted a longer break and she insisted I work almost exclusively on Tied to the Tracks for quite a long while. Now she's very focused on Queen of Swords, which is a good thing, as I have an October deadline. Once in a while she tries to bring up the subject of Pamaja Jones, but thus far I've been able to distract her back to Queen of Swords by reading her something from a journal or a bit of an 1814 newspaper.
Queen of Swords is moving along swimmingly, thank you. As long as Phyllis continues in a good mood, I have great hopes.
The Book Of Love from the album "69 Love Songs Vol. 1" by The Magnetic Fields
March 13, 2005 09:54 AM
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