Which Time Period?
I'm not bored with writing. Quite the contrary. I've got a great new World War II series I want to work on. And the inspirational World War II book is going great.
But now I'm in the midst of a conundrum. (Don't you just love that word?)
An agent requested the full manuscript of my historical Regency romance, POSSESSION. I haven't looked at this manuscript for awhile, but I truly believe it is a good story. The only problem is that I'm bored with this particular time period. The market has been completely saturated with Regency historicals and it's frustrating. While I absolutely adore this time period, lately it's just too darn much. I'd love to read more stories that take place during the French Revolution or American Revolution or World War II. But those are very few and far in between.
But I digress.
How, I wonder, will I drum up the enthusiasm to make the necessary edits to POSSESSION if I'm so darn burned out on the whole Regency period?
More importantly, why do I flip flop between time periods so much? I will immerse myself in the Regency and absolutely love it. Then I'll become fascinated with World War II and not want to work on anything else but that time period.
I haven't quite figured out how to circumvent this whole problem. I love both time periods. Granted, I'm pretty bored with the Regency right now, but I have a feeling that once I delve into POSSESSION, I'll be right back "in love" with it again. If I could only have a bit of balance, I'd feel better. Why can't I immerse myself in TWO time periods with the same amount of energy and passion?
This writing process is just that - a process. If I can somehow figure out how to balance my passions in the particular time periods I enjoy, I'll be just fine. :-)
But now I'm in the midst of a conundrum. (Don't you just love that word?)
An agent requested the full manuscript of my historical Regency romance, POSSESSION. I haven't looked at this manuscript for awhile, but I truly believe it is a good story. The only problem is that I'm bored with this particular time period. The market has been completely saturated with Regency historicals and it's frustrating. While I absolutely adore this time period, lately it's just too darn much. I'd love to read more stories that take place during the French Revolution or American Revolution or World War II. But those are very few and far in between.
But I digress.
How, I wonder, will I drum up the enthusiasm to make the necessary edits to POSSESSION if I'm so darn burned out on the whole Regency period?
More importantly, why do I flip flop between time periods so much? I will immerse myself in the Regency and absolutely love it. Then I'll become fascinated with World War II and not want to work on anything else but that time period.
I haven't quite figured out how to circumvent this whole problem. I love both time periods. Granted, I'm pretty bored with the Regency right now, but I have a feeling that once I delve into POSSESSION, I'll be right back "in love" with it again. If I could only have a bit of balance, I'd feel better. Why can't I immerse myself in TWO time periods with the same amount of energy and passion?
This writing process is just that - a process. If I can somehow figure out how to balance my passions in the particular time periods I enjoy, I'll be just fine. :-)
posted by Melissa Amateis | 4:32 PM
6 Comments:
Yes, I do love that word! hehe
I have the similar problem. I write contemporary and time travel. I think with authors crossing over to different genres makes it ok to write a Regency and then do a WW2.
Look at it this way, Regency, historicals specifically, are at an all time low. Contemporary is all ablaze right now. You've got well known historical authors jumping ship to get on the Contemporary band wagon. It's ok if you do Regency then another time period.
Now keeping them separate? ugh.. I had a hard time keeping my time travel from 1979 apart from my contemporary. Good luck! hehe Just kidding! You'll do fine. Once you get into one book, you're there and the other is on the side burner.
Ideally I'd say leave the Regencu for a bit and get into WW2... then you'll can come back to it later afresh. However, if time is important (you don't want to keep that agent waiting forever) pick up a favourite book, perhaps a history book, set in the period, read a little? I always get excited when I read anything contemporary to the period - e.g. letters.
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