Now that Wicked Kin is all tied up with a bow and waiting on my editor’s desk, I need a new project. I had planned to revise Fete, had started a few different versions of it as a matter of fact, but I just can’t finish it. Not in a way that I will look back on and be content with.
I sent out the email today saying I needed more time, more experience before I was able to fully realize that world and execute the intricate plotting it will require. In short, as I’ve said a million times before, I thought up characters/world/circumstances smarter than I am. I have to grow into my writing a little more before I can bring them to life as they should be.
I was nervous about telling my editor I planned to shelve a project she was interested in, but I should have known she would support my decision. Still, getting an email that said “I’ll wait” is just mind blowing. It implies she has faith I know what I’m doing and that I will deliver, even if it’s several books down the line.
Just–PHEW.
It’s a huge relief. I hadn’t realized how much pressure I was putting on myself to complete that project. It was in the back of my mind while I was writing Wicked, and it is always on my mind to some extent. Being told it’s okay to wait is such a simple thing, but man it was great to hear.
I feel like I can breathe for the first time in months. It’s just–really great. lol
In the meantime, I’m on to what could be a trilogy. Since I’ve never successfully written a sequel…let alone two…we’ll see how it goes.
I’m kicking around a blurb and getting a loose outline together. I think it will be an incredibly hard series to write, this first book especially. If I pull it off, it has potential to be something special.
The title of the first book is Hellebore.
Hailey writes about questionable applications of otherwise perfectly good magic, the transformative power of love, the family you choose for yourself, and blowing stuff up. Not necessarily all at once. That could get messy.
