I still see the occasional book review or mention of one of my last books show up via google alerts now and then, like the one published at Associated Content recently for Picture Yourself Creating Metal Clay Jewelry. When I do, I can’t help but think about the next book deal or writing project that might be in my future.

Since both the low-fire metal clay book and my book Jewelry & Beading Designs For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies)) came out, I’ve had a few different craft writing projects pop up as possibilities, but nothing has been a good fit yet or it just fizzles before anything really develops. Very often, I seem to get requests to write for next to nothing (this has been on-going since Web 2.0 has been such a big Internet trend) or I get queried about a project that sounds like a crafting nightmare that I wouldn’t want to wish on my worst enemy (if I had a worst enemy, which I don’t) or it’s such a big and on-going commitment of time that I don’t have that I have to turn them down.

Other than writing for fun here, working on my About.com Jewelry Making site (a massive job as it is, though a great one), and my real job of teaching, I do have other writing related projects going on, just not really craft related or money-making gigs. For example, I’ve got a presentation on how to writing a book proposal that I’ll be giving at a local writer’s conference next month, and I also have a presentation on Emily Dickinson and her fascicles – which remind me so much of a type of book-art – also scheduled for next month.

I know, eventually, the stars will align correctly and my next project will flutter in, but it is hard to wait just the same.