A Change of Plans
January 7th, 2007 | Published in Writing
It’s a new year and with that, there some new things happening. I am ashamed to admit, that I actually failed to complete Nanowrimo 2006. I almost made it though, having just over 41,000 words in the bag, but I’ll spare you the excuses.
Instead, missing the deadline for Nanowrimo made me realize something else. It made me realize that all along, I knew that the book I was working on, was not the book I wanted to write. Not that there was anything wrong with it. The plot was solid, the characters were good - since it was a sequel to Ghost Whispers (formerly The Ghost Killer), the first draft of which I wrote in 2005, I knew the setting and the people well even before writing began - but it just didn’t feel right.
For now, I have shelved the project, though I may still revive it. Before I do though, there are two things that need to happen: I need to find out exactly what to do with the Ghost Whispers book, and I need to get well into the first draft of the new book. The two are tied together because of a difference in languages.
My next book will be written in my first language, which is Danish. I feel that my writing simply flows better in Danish, and the story I want to tell takes place in Denmark. But Ghost Whispers was written in English and is set in Seattle, which makes it stand out compared to everything else, I’ve written.
The question then is, what do I do with Ghost Whispers? Do I pursue it for publishing in the US? Do I translate it to Danish? Do I make it available online as a curiousity for those interested? I have yet to decide on the exact course of action, though I’m pretty sure, I’m not going to translate it.
