I am getting tired of Auction Surprise. I've been working on it for two months and I think I'm going to put it aside for awhile and rewrite one of my finished stories or start a new piece. I need to spend much more time studying the structure of novel writing.

Short stories are like the minor leagues. You have to start there because you don't have the skills to write a novel. You don't have the skills to write a short story either, but it is something to do while learning the craft of novel writing.
JH