Okay, so book two is with my lovely editor at Atom, book three is about ten pages from being finished, (but I’ve decided to shelve it until the right ten pages come to me), book four is buzzing around my brain like an angry hornet waiting to be released, book five is buzzing round my brain like an angry hornet waiting to be released, book six is buzzing round my brain like an angry hornet… Basically, I’ve got too many books in me and not enough time!
Of course there’s no saying that all these books are necessarily ‘good’ books (obviously I think they will be otherwise I wouldn’t be bothering with them), and there’s no saying that I won’t decide they’re rubbish half way through and jump to the next in line, but for now I probably have the next five years of my writing life all mapped out and itching to be written. Which is absolutely awesome, except I DON’T HAVE TIME TO WRITE THEM!
It’s the real catch 22 of being a writer (or being a writer named Tom Clempson) – you need to have a whole bunch of books out there to generate enough income to be able to afford to write full time, but you need to be writing full time in order to be able to get a whole bunch of books out there!
This is my roundabout way of explaining why, if you scroll back through the last six to twenty weeks of my blog, you might find posts to be a little thin on the ground. It’s not my fault! It’s not that I don’t love my blog and both its readers, it’s that whenever I get a spare minute to write it I’m always clambering to get the next book out of me. I’ve even been cutting back on Twitter (yeah, 140 characters) just to make the most of my writing time!
That’s why I came up with a plan…
A few other posts you might find interesting:
a plan you say… a CUNNING plan?
Not really, no, well… About as cunning as my little brain can get.
Is that plan going to stay buzzing round your head like an angry hornet, or are we going to be let in on the plan?
We’re buzzing to know!
Does that make us the hornets? I’d rather be a bee if that’s ok. One of those big fluffy ones you guys have that fly drunkenly towards anything yellow. I want to be one of those please.
A Bumble Bee.
Bumble:
to do (something) clumsily; botch.
Hmmmm… Apt?
^.^ Its Nathan… Again.
The idea you have a WHOLE SERIES of books buzzing around that head of yours excites me unbelievably! I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE SECOND ONE.
BTW, bit rude to ask, but can you put me in the book? Even if its just a one time mention? Feel free to say no but it would always be the most awesome thing ever for me.
From THE DIE HARD JACK SAMPSONITE FAN.
Or Nathan, which ever one is less incriminating.
I should probably mention that not all of those hornets are Jack Samsonite related, but hopefully you’ll like them regardless. And since you asked so nicely Nathan, I’m sure I can fit you into one of my upcoming books (not sure where I’d fit you in in book 2 but I’ll keep you in mind). How does that sound? I really appreciate your support buddy.
YAY! ^.^ Im ecstatic!
And I’m sure anything you write will be great considering what I’ve seen from your writing style! And That sounds great, support is both great and permenant!
Nathan
(Who is now over the moon)
I have been away from the internet for too long! Book 2 written and book 3 almost written?! That’s just awesome!
But having no time isn’t great. Someone should invent a clone machine. Then you can clone yourself, and each Tom can write a different book. That, or a machine you can plug into your brain where a whole idea is immediately transferred from mind to computer. Then only editing is needed. Scientists need to get their backsides into gear – enough at looking at planets, help our authors instead!
*enough with looking at planets, even.
You should be Prime Minister.
Oooh, I’m not quite sure the UK is ready to have anyone like me as the PM!