My second book in the Pekin Dewlap Mystery series comes out soon, and I’ve started on the third one. I’m at that early stage, where I’m only about 6,000 words in, and can’t help feeling frustration at the thought that I need another 50,000 words. Where will they come from? I’m a very literal person, and my writing wants to come straight to the point, so fleshing out a story is something I struggle with at times. I look at my progress and wonder when will I ever get there?
Some of the authors I know have the opposite problem. Too many words. They have to find places to cut. Sometimes I wish I had that problem.
It’s a mystery to me how some writers can turn out a book every year, or even more than one book a year. Can I learn to do that?
For now, I’m going to keep plugging along on book 3 and trust that the words will come.