This began as a reply in the comments. \u00a0But once it reached five paragraphs I figured it should probably be its own post. \u00a0So here it is.<\/p>\n
My apologies on any anxieties I might have caused with my previous post, mainly, probably, this particular graf.<\/p>\n
You might wonder why the heck was I in such a hurry to do everything. \u00a0Well, various reasons. But the main reason was that I believed I was leaving historical romance for the foreseeable future, and wanted everything wrapped up nice and neat before I dive into the second and third book of the YA fantasy trilogy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
First, I should never blog in the middle of the night–and post right afterwards. There is a reason I need such stringent editors and so many rounds of editing and that is my first drafts rarely actually mean what I want to say. \ud83d\ude42 Usually for blog posts I will finish writing then come back half a day later and edit before hitting the publish button. But this time I just wanted to tick another item off my list and so I not only rambled, but rambled incompetently.<\/p>\n
Two, as His Hawtness would tell everyone, “foreseeable future” for me means next week and not much more beyond.<\/p>\n
Three, my agent is itching for me to write more historicals. We happened upon each other in San Diego this summer–she was in town for Comic Con–and when I moaned about not having anymore ideas for historicals, she said very calmly, “That’s what you say after every book.” And, well, she has a point. Not every book but after His at Night there was a serious, serious idea drought.<\/p>\n
Four, I always come back to historicals. Even before I published, I would write other stuff between historicals. I have on my hard disk several science fiction romance partials, a complete martial arts epic, a Star Wars novelization (ha!) and goodness knows what else. But I always come back to historicals. So the pattern hasn’t changed. Just that now I would like to come back not because a contract makes me, but because I am so excited by an idea I don’t want to do anything else but write it.<\/p>\n
Three full length historicals–plus a novella–in a row took a toll. I just need some time off. I already feel more refreshed after THE BRIDE OF LARKSPEAR, simply because no one pours tea. \u00a0Although one can make the argument that the books in the trilogy are each very different, they still take place around the same time and revolve around the same people and rather similar settings. \u00a0And therefore, endless cups of tea were poured. \u00a0At one point, I seriously thought I would burst a blood vessel if I had to write one more cup of tea. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Or at least one more cup of tea that isn’t in a context of mayhem, as there happens to be multiple instances of tea pouring in the YA fantasy–THE BURNING SKY, I need to get used to referring to it by name–but those are usually surrounded by @#$% getting serious and protagonists in mortal danger. \u00a0You see what I mean?<\/p>\n
I am an action-adventure girl at heart–heck, I managed to insert a Jules Verne-esque airship journey into an otherwise most Downton Abbey-ish book*. \u00a0But the historical romance genre tends to put a lot of restriction on action-adventuring. \u00a0For example, the last time I got fed up of tea pouring and went far afield–Not Quite a Husband, that is–I paid for it in sales. \u00a0Wal-Mart would not carry His at Night, my next book, even thought everything about that book–virgin, lord, spy–is perfect for Wal-Mart.<\/p>\n
Thankfully in this age of digital publishing one can now sell a lot of copies away from Wal-Mart. \u00a0But I’m still not sure how well an exotic setting historical will do overall, and that, at the moment, is the only kind of historical idea that excites me to any degree. \u00a0(And that’s not enough in and of itself, just to be excited about guns and danger and rough terrain, without a plot or a concrete conflict.)<\/p>\n
I digress. \u00a0What I mean to say is that writing different things refreshes me. \u00a0By the time I was done with the first draft of THE BURNING SKY, my head spinning from plotting and world-building, I was so ready for drawing rooms, tea, and intricate scenes where the only danger was that of the heart. \u00a0So it is quite likely that by the time I finish the sequel to THE BURNING SKY, I will be ready, indeed, yearning to write a historical again.<\/p>\n
*Ravishing the Heiress<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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