Figuring Out My Next Project

So I’ve said this before, but my intention has always been to take a break from the Mia Graves books once I finished book five. And, well, with the fifth book, The Perfect Host coming out in August (pre-order it!) that means I need to figure out what the heck I actually want to work on.

See, the problem is I always have more ideas than time to work on them.

I’ve talked about ideas that I want to write once I have the time more than once in this blog. Sometimes these ideas get turned into other thing — like “Intersections with the Corridor” turned into the basis for Campaign 2 of Stormwood & Associates. But every time I turn one of these ideas into something, at least five or six more pop into my head. So the issue isn’t coming up with something to write, it’s deciding which ones I won’t write.

A thing that happens a lot when I table at conventions is that people tell me they have an idea for a book or a comic. And don’t get me wrong, I love hearing about people’s ideas. I always encourage people to tell their stories, and do their best to make them real. But here’s the thing, the idea is never the hard part. It’s easy to have an idea for something.

It’s the making that’s hard.

So yeah, I need to figure out what the heck I’m going to focus down on. Do I write a traditional, high fantasy novel? Do I write the cyberpunk idea I’ve been kicking around? Maybe the science fiction story? Or the comedic spy-thriller. Or maybe I stick with urban fantasy and do the novel version of “Tomah by Night” finally.

That’s what I’ve got to figure out.

“The Perfect Host,” Book 5 in the Mia Graves Saga is now available for pre-order on Kindle, Kobo, and Paperback!

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