I consider myself a “multi-tasker” but lately have wondered if I can write more than one project at a time.

I’m currently working on book one of a contracted mystery series; manuscript sent and waiting for author related materials and edit requests, working on a new novel project (decided to table this because I’m getting characters confused), and working on 2 anthology short stories due by January.

When I worked for a corporation, I juggled lots of things, pushed dates sometimes, made mistakes and did re-work sometimes, but this seems different. Maybe because I’m doing it for myself.

I have to have some kind of deadline to really deep-dive on things, so having a contract helps; that project seems more important, but also sends me into the “dreads,” where I put off working on it.

No different than working for a corporation, but I’m “doing what I love,” Right?

Keep on reading and writing.

And please, fight book banning. The more information we have, the better.