Michelle Rowen
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Planning the future + DAVID WINS!When I worked full-time as a graphic designer I would typically be working on Christmas promotions in the late summer. It was strange hunting down stock pictures of Santa and elves during the hottest time of the year. But that's how we worked, with an eye on the future.
I feel like I've been working on so many different things lately in my writing, but when I glance at my book page, I see that all that is currently out is three vampire novels and a book about an angel. And yet I've written a wide variety more...only it's not out yet. Or contracted yet. Or it's just milling about in my brain. That's publishing for you. What is finished today won't be on the shelves for a year. So when it comes out, the book that's released is actually the last thing on your mind. I'm always living in the future. It's kind of like being a lazy time traveler.
It's very strange.
What else have I been working on? My proposals and projects-on-the-go contain ghosts, enchanted objects, demons, demons, demons, psychics, virtual reality avatars, interstellar assassins, and futuristic vampires that are very different from vamps today.
Some of these books may become reality but won't be available for anyone else's eyes for a long time. Some may never be anything more than a blip in my brain.
I do know that I'm writing the last Immortality Bites book right now and it's going well. Slow, but well. Maybe I'm writing slow because I'm going to miss these characters when I'm all done. Or maybe I'm just being a bit lazy while I wait for news about my other proposals. Not sure, not sure.
In a completely unrelated topic -- DAVID COOK IS THE NEW AMERICAN IDOL!!!!!! I was so surprised. I was sure the other one was goign to take it, but I'm so happy. He was my absolute favorite, from the moment he covered Lionel Richie's "Hello"...
...and I cannot wait for his CD to come out. His reaction to winning could be interpretted as, 1) OMG, I'm the American Idol. I am so incredibly thrilled!, or 2) Why did this happen? This wasn't supposed to happen. My career is now cursed. Thanks a lot, brother who made me audition and ruined my life.
Hopefully it was the first one.
