Making It Work

I'm ripping apart two old novels. Reworking the conflict, shortening prologues, lengthening prologues, shortening again, changing characters, reading pages out loud.

I have the timelines for two other half-finished books in my head. I also have the second Elizabeth Peacock mystery series book sitting in my computer, ready for a rewrite.

I have to make it work. I have to rewrite the two "old" novels to get to an editor who expressed some interest in my work. I have to work on the two "stand-alones" because I think they're both "commercial". I have to get the second book of the mystery series written because I want the second book done when I sell the first.

To make it work, I'll just have to work on it everyday. I have to go back to thinking that writing is my second job.

I have to make it work. I'm 60 - if not now, when?