New Story

So, I read some advice a couple days ago on sequels on a published author's blog, and it made a lot of sense to me. This author said that it's smart to write out a synopsis for the sequel to your book, but that you should write a new book until your first one gets picked up by an editor, even if you already have an agent (still no news on the agent front, btw). This is because, in case your first book doesn't sell, you'll have another book already waiting in the wings, and you would not have wasted time writing another book in a series that didn't sell. It made sense to me and even though it made me sad to temporarily put my beloved characters away and start on something new, it was also very exciting. I had a lot of other story ideas already written down, so I thought I would choose one from those, but this new idea just suddenly popped in my head while I was walking the dog, and I've been excitedly writing it since. The thing that amazes me is that I've fallen in love with these characters already, too, which is a great sign because if you don't love the story you're telling or the characters you are writing, then you are definitely heading down the wrong path. As of this moment, I am almost 9,500 words into it : ) I had just started writing the sequel a couple days before I'd read that advice, so I was only a little over 7,000 words into that one. I might keep adding to the sequel on the weekends, but it all depends on how my other story is moving, and right now it is moving so fast that I can barely type fast enough!

On another, completely unrelated note, I just have to tell you that the TV shows I can watch anytime and that always make me smile are Friends, Gilmore Girls, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Frasier, Happy Days and I Love Lucy (if you are a Lucille Ball fan and you've never visited the museums in Jamestown, NY, you are missing out! Here's the website if you want to check it out: http://www.lucy-desi.com/) I've seen all of the episodes for all of those shows already (except Happy Days, although I believe I've seen most of them) but it still makes me happy when I catch reruns of them even though I already know what's going to happen. What brought on this unrelated note, you may ask? I've been catching reruns of Gilmore Girls and Friends a lot lately, and it made me think of the other TV shows I love to watch no matter how many times I've seen all of the episodes.