Faster is okay, but make sure that you are comfortable with a new pace. I know several writers who pushed too far and then announced that they were burned out.
I'm somewhere between the tortoise and the hare. I do feel compelled to publish one book a year in my Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries series simply because I'm racing the calendar. I must live to be 92 to finish the entire series! But since I indie publish, the decisions, rewards, and consequences are all on me. And my one-book-a-year works for now. And some must remember quality over quantity.
For me, slow and steady is best. I become overwhelmed with too much work! Honestly, I don't care if authors are publishing a book a year or one every three or four years, as long as the book is well-written and worth reading!
Love this analogy, Sharon. I'm a hare in real life, I move quickly and am constantly in motion. My son nicknamed me T-Mobile. But with my writing, I'm a Turtle. Swimming slowly and sometimes it takes me a year- or more- to write a book.
Sharon — I write like a herd of turtles in a jar of peanut butter.
Love the metaphor
I'm jealous of people who write so fast. I'm definitely a tortoise. Actually a slow tortoise. But I'm trying to get faster.
Faster is okay, but make sure that you are comfortable with a new pace. I know several writers who pushed too far and then announced that they were burned out.
I'm somewhere between the tortoise and the hare. I do feel compelled to publish one book a year in my Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries series simply because I'm racing the calendar. I must live to be 92 to finish the entire series! But since I indie publish, the decisions, rewards, and consequences are all on me. And my one-book-a-year works for now. And some must remember quality over quantity.
Quality is really important. I wonder about writers who put out a huge number of books a year. Are they trading off quantity for quality?
For me, slow and steady is best. I become overwhelmed with too much work! Honestly, I don't care if authors are publishing a book a year or one every three or four years, as long as the book is well-written and worth reading!
Definitely. There are lots of authors out there to love. If you find them, there is plenty to read.
Love this analogy, Sharon. I'm a hare in real life, I move quickly and am constantly in motion. My son nicknamed me T-Mobile. But with my writing, I'm a Turtle. Swimming slowly and sometimes it takes me a year- or more- to write a book.