I have been battling to overcome this dilemma for the past few days (and not doing a lot of writing on either the remaining Michael & Lizzy II or Evelyn as a result...)
I have had this idea brewing in my mind of yet another novel. There's not much detail in it as yet, apart from the fact that it involves a love story (that shouldn't come out as a surprise any more, should it?), set in a fantasy-like timeline and places (I'm thinking sort of like The Lord of the Rings era, without the wizards/elves/dwarves), and the main characters are a prince and a princess from neighbouring kingdoms.
On one hand, this is, by far, one of the most exciting aspects of writing a novel. The beginning - there are so many unknown variables, so many ways the story can take shape, so many names to be given to the characters, so many personalities to be attached to each and every one of them. I have to say also, that at this stage is where my brain works to the best of its capacity, and often, this will also trigger further inspirations for the other novels I'm currently working on.
On the other hand... let's see; since I've started writing Evelyn, I've noticed in myself that I've been majorly neglecting the fate of Michael & Lizzy II, a novel that is so close to completion. I find my inspirations sometimes running like its tail is being chased on fire for Evelyn, but... very little of it is going to Michael & Lizzy II. Working on another novel means that I have three (collapses!) unfinished novels rather than two. And I don't think my conscience can take that...
So it's time, I guess, to discipline myself, more than I have ever had to. I NEED to finish Michael & Lizzy II - it's been sitting there for far too long, untouched, unfinished. And to that end, I will TRY my best not to touch, or start anything else until that pen has written the very last word, of the very last section of Michael & Lizzy II.
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