I don't have a job, yet, and my household fix-up tasks are getting caught up, so I'm turning my focus back to my writing.

I really, really need to get something finished and out the door. But what? My options are:

1) Doug & Gwen: 120,000+ words (100,000 word goal): Paranormal Romance, Single-Title: My 1st manuscript. It's gone through 4 drafts, including one start-from-scratch draft. I know what all the major problems are with the current draft, but the fix is extensive/pervasive enough that I think I'm best off starting from scratch again. This is the first book in a four-book series. I don't want to the first book to be crap, thereby not being able to sell the others.

2) Sarah: 58,000+ words (75-90,000 word goal): Historical Erotica: This is the book I have the next most words written on. The first draft is done through the resolution scene. I need to do a major re-write because I found a huge flaw, that runs throughout the manuscript, then write the wrap-up. It's a fun book, but I need to do major amounts of research, and learn the Victorian voice. In other words, not a quick finish, if I want to put out a quality book.

3) Ginny/Vic: 15,000 words (70,000 word goal): Contemporary Romance: A couple years ago, I got stuck on this one and put it aside. Then awhile back I figured out what my problem was (old post) and how to get past the problem point in this manuscript and get moving again. I need to do a little research, but not tons, a couple long lunches should cover it.

4) Rashima/Nilo/Tori: 10,000 words (100,000 word goal): Science Fiction, Space Opera-ish story: I've got the characters, and most of the story figured out, but I need to do major world- building.

5) Several other books that nothing is written on, and major amounts of world-building of various sorts needs to be done.

Writing this down helped. The answer is obvious: #3.

Get that one done, out the door, learn my lessons on it, and if it doesn't fly, or I majorly screw something up, then no harm, no foul, because I don't have any other books depending on it.

So, tomorrow, I clean off my desk, and get started on #3. And call to see if my obvious source of research material wants to help.