So at any given time, I have a number of stories forming in my brain and existing at different stages of doneness. The most immediate story is the one I’m querying at the moment. After that is the one I’m actively writing. Third comes the one in the “hopper,” the one that shows the most…
It’s not a good idea to wait on inspiration, but when it strikes, you grab that shit and hold on. It can be a winning lottery ticket, and if you tell it to wait until later, you might never get to scratch off those numbers and hit the big score. /simile I was leaving work…