Comments on: Hurrah! The Book is Done! http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2007/12/19/hurrah-the-book-is-done/ Where Happily Ever After is Always on the Menu! Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:00:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Stacey Kayne http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2007/12/19/hurrah-the-book-is-done/comment-page-1/#comment-23727 Stacey Kayne Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:59:19 +0000 http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2007/12/19/hurrah-the-book-is-done/#comment-23727 I like your routine, Gail! Especially that attacking the dust bunny part :) I'm in between deadlines right now and instead of killing dust bunnies, I'm cruising around the web :) Great blog!! I usually collapse after finishing a book--it's always a manic dash to the finish line, just squeaking in on deadline...or chasing after one. I tend to miss the celebration and go straight into obsess mode. I now have new longer deadlines and I'm trying to find some balance in my manic writer's life. Like making time to annihilate dust bunnies, and have relaxing dinners with the family, and maybe turn in a book early--the very idea is still hysterical to me, but I'm giving it a shot :) Whatever the process, finishing the book is definitely worth celebrating--CHEERS!!! I like your routine, Gail! Especially that attacking the dust bunny part :)

I’m in between deadlines right now and instead of killing dust bunnies, I’m cruising around the web :) Great blog!!

I usually collapse after finishing a book–it’s always a manic dash to the finish line, just squeaking in on deadline…or chasing after one. I tend to miss the celebration and go straight into obsess mode. I now have new longer deadlines and I’m trying to find some balance in my manic writer’s life. Like making time to annihilate dust bunnies, and have relaxing dinners with the family, and maybe turn in a book early–the very idea is still hysterical to me, but I’m giving it a shot :)

Whatever the process, finishing the book is definitely worth celebrating–CHEERS!!!

]]> By: Gail Barrett http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2007/12/19/hurrah-the-book-is-done/comment-page-1/#comment-23726 Gail Barrett Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:32:46 +0000 http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2007/12/19/hurrah-the-book-is-done/#comment-23726 Kate - you have more self control than I do. I keep second guessing everything. I think that's why without a deadline it would take me forever to finish a book. Now I HAVE to turn it in... but it doesn't stop me from going back over it in my head. I do not let myself actually take it out (or pull it up on the computer) and read it again until I get the editor's feedback, though. I tell myself that I can make changes at the revision and edit stages. Kate – you have more self control than I do. I keep second guessing everything. I think that’s why without a deadline it would take me forever to finish a book. Now I HAVE to turn it in… but it doesn’t stop me from going back over it in my head. I do not let myself actually take it out (or pull it up on the computer) and read it again until I get the editor’s feedback, though. I tell myself that I can make changes at the revision and edit stages.

]]> By: Kate Pearce http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2007/12/19/hurrah-the-book-is-done/comment-page-1/#comment-23724 Kate Pearce Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:54:12 +0000 http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2007/12/19/hurrah-the-book-is-done/#comment-23724 I like to take a few days off and just chill after I finish a book. I don't even think about what my editor/agent is going to make of what I've written because it's usually a while before I get any feedback and by then I'm usually deep into the next thing and more motivated by that :) Sometimes I need to celebrate a bit more-I forget that it is an achievement as opposed to a production line! I like to take a few days off and just chill after I finish a book. I don’t even think about what my editor/agent is going to make of what I’ve written because it’s usually a while before I get any feedback and by then I’m usually deep into the next thing and more motivated by that :)
Sometimes I need to celebrate a bit more-I forget that it is an achievement as opposed to a production line!

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