Oh, Wow. It's Been How Long ... ?

Two weeks. That's how long it's been since I stopped by here. Oops.

As usual, I've been reading a lot: Gayle Forman's "Where She Went," the sequel to "If I Stay;" "Revolution" by Jennifer Donnelly; "The Scorch Trials," the sequel to "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner; and maybe one or two more.

But, I've also been writing -- reading a chapter here and there in my finished book and working on a second book. It's coming together nicely, so far. I know there are some things I need to go back and fix or add in, but the story is working pretty well. It feels great to be writing something new, rather than editing a story I finished last year.

My challenge is that I keep feeling like I'm getting pretty close to the end of the story, but it's not long enough yet for a novel. A novella, maybe, but I don't think those sell very well. Fortunately, I keep thinking of new challenges for my main character to enliven the story and stretch it out.

That makes it the opposite problem of the book I've finished, which is still too long. I wonder if the difference is that one is an adult novel and the other is "teen fiction." I hope not, because my third and fourth books for adult and for teen readers.