done. and now on to the next thing

I finished a book this month—edited, proofread, turned into the publisher. This is a big deal, because except for Boy on a Train, it had been about 2 years since I published—and I’d kind of worried that I was broken, since I’d spent so much time writing and rewriting one book that’s still not done.

So, I need to take a moment to acknowledge writing a book in and of itself is an accomplishment.

The book is also more than twice as long as Boy on a Train, so there’s that.

Completing the book is also a big deal because it’s my first full-length m/m romance. (I’ve only written a short story before, which is in the Mixtape anthology.) So, it’s me trying a new genre.

Now, do I sit on my laurels?

Of course not.

At the moment, I feel like I have this tremendous opportunity to finish writing as much as I can in the meanwhile, since the new book (Undone, part of Sarina Bowen’s World of True North Vino and Veritas series) comes out in August.

(If you want to be a part of it, the cover reveal is next month, and you can sign up to help promote here )

I guess I really am a creative shark. Must keep swimming—writing—to stay alive. If I stay stagnant, I’ll die.

So, now, I’m working on the next things.

I’ve had a few worries about my reaction to finishing—which was to just immediately start the next project. About the anxiety to constantly produce and work on things. The pressure I put on myself to get things done.

But then I remember that I love writing more than doing just about anything else, and I smile. And pull out my laptop.

At any rate, now that I’m done, nothing’s really changed. I’m still in this constant process of working on creative projects, wishing I was done with then and wanting to start a new one. I realized that I was choosing to feel anxious about it when I could just feel good about having something done and the opportunity to work on so much more.

Hence a moment to pause and acknowledge it.

Undone releases August 12, 2021.