I’ve known for a while what the the two follow-up books to my current WIP would be about, but I had a hard time making the second book work in my mind. Then, suddenly this past week, I had a shot of inspiration: set it in the POV of the female character and have it follow the classic romance format. I think it would work that way, and work well.

This leads me to a bit of a delema on what to work on once my current WIP goes into the submission circuit at the end of the month. My first thought is to go with something completely different – my MG SciFi story. This would be timely, as the pendulum seems to be swinging back towards SciFi and away from Fantasy. And the story is a lot of fun.

But I could also start on the second book of the current series. If my book gets picked up, I’ll want to have the sequel already in the works. This last book has taken me a good 18 months to write, and I’m told publishers like to have something to release every year to keep the author’s momentum going.

And even if the first book doesn’t get published, it’s possible the second, which would undoubtedly be stronger, have a more traditional romance format, and could easily be written to stand on its own, might have a better chance of getting a publisher.

I think what I’ll do is let the LDStorymakers First Chapter Contest committee decide. I’ve entered the first chapter from both books – whichever one does better, that’s what I’ll work on while the first book is out on submission.

That is, unless I decide to write something else.