Next Step

In a void of writing (meaning I'm not living up to any sort of decisions and commitments I have made to myself regarding writing things), I don't have much to post about.  I have managed to get some good poem stuff written and even submitted, with some positive feedback coming from various directions on that front. So that's a plus.

On the minus side is the stalling out on novel writing.  I think the real reason for the stall is that while I have more stories to tell, I don't feel like I have really completed telling some of the ones that are already done, evidenced by the fact that I haven't revised or finished them to the point of getting it out there.

So what is next?  Well, I am traveling a little next week, which means there is some writing probably going to get crammed in on the plane or in the hotel when I'm bored, but as I have discussed before, it's not going to be nearly as much as I would hope for it to be.  Still, I might be able to put the finish on the first draft of White Rock and get moving on something else.  Or, better than all that, perhaps I can start editing White Rock and get moving on that.  We will see.

What I would love to do is to take either White Rock or The Annotated Bartender's Guide to Murder Investigation through a serious revision course like Holly Lisle's How to Revise Your Novel course, but at the price, it's a bit steep for what I can commit at the moment.  So maybe it's worth my taking a first stab at a revision one way or another, and seeing where we are at that point.

I'm standing at a crossroads with no roadsigns and twelve ways to go.  It could be interesting, and it could be disastrous.  At least I've got some poems coming.

Thoughts?