It helps when all the stories you read and write are LnC related, then all the characters are the same.
Since getting a Nook for my birthday in 2012, making it much easier to read long / epic stories from the Archives, other stories don't hold much interest for me. I've have "Life of Pi" sitting on my bookshelf for... <<clears throat>>... years, but still never have cracked the cover.
I hear it's good though. I usually use my free time to write, not read.
My daughter is currently reading 4 different chapter books
), which was why I was often tempted to work on it. Actually, that's why Another Lois wasn't longer, because Wrong Clark was my reward for finishing it.
When trying to work through some of the harder parts of WC (dark, angst-filled, or arguing segments), I've been tempted to start working on Book 3 (still untitled). It is the carrot dangling from the stick for me to finish WC, believe it or not.
I've always had multiple story ideas floating around in my head, since I started writing (30 years ago), so I'm used to it. It also helps not to have an active RL.
In RL, I'm horrible at remembering people's names or faces, and am constantly embarrassing myself because I'm still working on faking the knowledge passably. There's the other consequence of remembering all those character names, and plots, my brain doesn't have room for RL.
