/lit/ - Literature

How many projects do you work on at once? I've been churning out short stories to try and build up a portfolio of published work (only one published so far), but at the same time I'll sporadically want to work on my novel. My prime writing hours are in the morning, and I sort of alternate between the novel and whatever short I'm working on, but I find my work turns out better when I'm fully committed to one project at a time. Is there a point where I simply stop writing short stories and set aside 6 months for the novel alone?