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Before you’ve finished the current one. For some reason this always happens to me when I’m almost finished. When I’m this close to being done. And I don’t know why. Although, in all honesty, I’ve never delved too deep into why that is.<\/p>\n

And right now the lure of starting a brand new story is almost impossible to resist. But resist I must. Because try as I might I can’t work on two books at once. Just can’t.<\/p>\n

And I’m this close!<\/p>\n

\"Great<\/p>\n

And I guess that’s the thing. Once it’s done and submitted it’s out there and things are out of my control.<\/p>\n

Which I find scary.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Always knew I had a lot in common with hobbits. So, off I go to finish my quest.<\/p>\n

How about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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