Unfortunately, I sincerely mean this! 

Hello, readers! 

One of the reasons I started "A Visit To Lily's Garden" was to help myself organize my plans and give you a glimpse into how chaotic that organization really is. Creators all go through this, some more than others. I go through it a lot. 

I've wondered if it's self-doubt that keeps me from moving ahead with a planned story. Sometimes, it is. Other times, though, it's ... how do I put this ... I just don't feel like it. That's about the most simplistic way I can say it to help you understand. 

Of course, it is never just that I don't feel like seeing a story through. I can't. You're probably thinking that makes less sense HAHA. 

Let's take "The Logbook" as my example since that's the reason I wanted to write this. 

After recreating the graphic design, improving on some name choices and a few timeline errors, and beginning with the new version to combine a 3rd person with 1st person style, I have suddenly lost interest in continuing. 

But wait! There's more! (My best ShamWow! guy impression.)

I've wondered if I should go to what was the original Part 1 of that three part series and publish it as I had written it initially. Then, "The Logbook" would be Part 2, followed by the original Part 3.

In the course of considering that, my mind took a completely different course. It was as if the sun on the horizon was my new plan and what my mind actually wanted me to do was go to that island to the east that Garson detoured to for Evie. 

Since the brain controls everything, I find myself sitting here on this metaphorical beach thinking "How in the h*ll did I end up here?!" 

Where is "here," you ask? 

Well, now, I'm wondering if it might be fun to continue "A Moon For The Mountain" with a spin-off that has them meeting up with Leighton and Thane from "Raven & Fox." If you've never read that one, Holt is the captain mentioned at the end of "Raven & Fox." The two main characters were considering joining Holt's crew to escape the king's hunters. This, of course, takes place after Garson and Evie leave the Devil's Spear to Holt to command. 

I've considered having them meet up in the Americas, like they had discussed as Rorik and Darraugh were taking Garson and Evie to escape from the king. 

This ... this is where it gets even more complicated. Here's the next: 

"But wait! There's more!"

While writing "A Moon For The Mountain," I considered ways I could make the main characters be the great great grandparents or in some way related to the main characters of Part 1 of my viking saga. You know, the original Part 1 that comes before "The Logbook." 

See, the main characters for Part 1 (set in present day America) are Holly and Gabe. Gabe = Gabriel. The ancestors for both characters were seafarers, including vikings. I mentioned vikings several times in "A Moon For The Mountain," though I never used the term "viking." I wondered as I was writing "Moon" if Garson could be a direct ancestor of Gabriel, hence "Garson Gabriel Wade." 

I really love the idea of the spin off with "Raven & Fox," as well as the lineage idea for the viking saga ... But then ...

Wait! There's MORE! 

(Yeah, imagine how I feel with a brain like this!)

I started thinking of "Xièzhì." I wondered if the characters of that would ever meet with the characters of "The Tale of The Butterfly and The Crane." 

I have always wanted to do a short spin-off of two characters from "Butterfly." Then, I had planned on making a spin-off for Cheng and his love interest at the end of "Xièzhì." 

When I decided a crossover wouldn't really be that difficult and it would be fun seeing the main characters interact, I thought it would be really cool to bring them together through more Xièzhì killer crimes. 

I really hate to do this to you but ....

Wait! There's &!@()#%)!@ MORE!!!! 

*deep breath*

After I wrote "Cultivating Lilies," I considered extending it to become a detective series. 

Now, I had planned on a detective series in the past. I had written a somewhat short story about a young woman who was the victim of a brutal crime, and she ends up being the key to solving the case for the lead detective. They fall in love. The short story was going to be the "pilot" for a detective series, in which she would help her husband solve crimes. 

I still like that story and have glimpsed it from time to time with the idea I might publish it here on Tapas. I would have to do a massive amount of editing because it's just a story I never planned on sharing with people who would care about things like grammar or accuracy. Although I did research a lot of the elements, including the best drug the villain would use on his victims, I left a lot more to just speculation on my part. I just wanted to tell the story that was floating around in my head. If I publish it here, I'm going to need to almost re-write it. 

Still, I really like it and the thought of a detective series is still something that keeps my interest. 

Enter "Cultivating Lilies." 

Several times, I left a door open for Nari to be part of JiHo's investigations. I could easily turn that novel into a detective series. I could even have them come to America, where they would meet the main characters from my other detective story and work on a case together. 

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is how my mind works. 

In the midst of all of this, I have to make a mask I promised a giveaway winner. This in addition to the mask I had planned to make as a prop for "Xièzhì." I wanted to make the butterfly and crane masks from "The Tale of The Butterfly and The Crane," too. 

I'm not even going to discuss my latest idea for cultivating onions and an herb garden. 

Back to writing ...

If you're looking for my decision, tell me when you find it because so am I! HAHAHA!

In all honesty, I could really use your help. I know this author's blog gets a fair amount of readers, but no comments when I ask for input. I'm serious when I'm begging for some opinions. 

From all the ideas I've stated above, which one would you like to see the most? Which one would you be least interested in? 

This is my cry for help! HEEEEEEELP! 

~ Lady Lily