One of the dilemmas I’m facing right now is where to invest what little writing time I do have. I’ve been searching for an agent and I have a book I’m really passionate about. I believe it could become the launching point of a series of really fun and funny supernatural mysteries.

But no agent’s bit yet, and yet some post ideas they are looking for someone to write a novel on. Almost like an invitation. Of course, their ideas always have New York or LA as their setting, which doesn’t thrill me as a writer who’d prefer to write about his own region of the country.

I mean, I’d like to do my lighthearted supernatural mysteries about a pizza delivery boy and his ghost sidekick set in NW Wisconsin. But if I could get in print writing about the 500th New York police detective, well… it comes down to, is it better to get in print based off some agent’s “can’t miss” concept, or is it better to write my own ideas and wait out the submission process until I find an agent who actually “gets” the appeal of my novels?

It’s an eternal struggle, for every writer. But novels aren’t exactly like faucets; you can’t turn them on and off easily. They either flow or they don’t.

I’ve been frustrated by the lack of time I’ve had to get my writing done lately. It’s not like I’m taking an appetite suppressant or anything… I’m just eager to get back to my novel, but I have no time to do so, it seems.

Of course, I am quite committed to several things, but I’m sometimes disappointed in myself that when crunch-time comes due, my creative writing endeavors are what suffers most. It’s just not fun when things go like that.