David Patneaude's Blog: Different Worlds - Posts Tagged "writing-life"

I think we've all heard the metaphor people use to describe a too-busy life: having too many balls in the air. Although I never could juggle--balls, swords, pitchforks--I know the feeling. Right now I'm working on two novels--a middle grade story that would probably be called urban fantasy if you had to put it in a category, and a YA mystery--and a collection of short stories, some of which were published in 1995 in the book DARK STARRY MORNING. And I'm hovering over (from a distance) no less than a half dozen manuscripts (various genres and age groups) my agent is trying to place. Of course also in the mix that I'm trying to keep elevated and undamaged is my delicate writer's ego. So I spend some time giving myself pep talks: those stories are all winners; some intuitive editor is going to snap them up; keep at it; you may not be able to juggle, but you can write.