I restarted writing “The Messengers: Evolution” today. I began the book in late April but put it aside when the proofs of “A New Home” were returned. It’s been so long ago that I need to read what I’ve written to pick up where I left off.
However, I stopped at a place where I haven’t decided what is going to happen. I know the end goal, but not how to get there, nor from whose perspective: Jacob, Kathryn, or maybe someone else.
Instead, I jump two chapters to a storyline I had already written some on. As a result, I’ve added 1,800 words to the manuscript. That’s great.
I was so consumed by “A New Home” that I didn’t think about visiting Piqua and the canal boat exhibit at Johnston Farm. I want to incorporate what travel like that would have been like if Jacob and Kathryn had been on one of the canals that crossed Ohio between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. Now, I’m trying to see if they have a group on the schedule during September and October that I might join. If not, I cannot write those chapters until late spring and summer. I’m very disappointed I didn’t make time for this.
This could mean a delay with “Evolution.” If that is the case, I will finish what I can, then move on to the next book, which is a re-titled “Little Known Heroes of the Bible,” itself halfway written.
Does that sound like a stupid idea? Writing two books at the same time?