Gentle Reader,
This is being written in 2010.
I’m currently scrambling to finish up the very first draft of Heartless.
This means that I am back contemplating the great and fateful Histogram of Authorial Procrastination.
Otherwise know as: the graph of coffee shop visits and writing competency
A year or so ago I made this histogram charting the average author’s emotional security progress through writing a book. This, of course, is based on an entirely representative sample of one. Me.
On the X axis we have: Progress of Book Towards Completion described as follows
- 0-20% complete – Thrill of a New Adventure, during which phase your hardy author-beast stays home and is Very Diligent
- 20-40% complete – Nose to the Grindstone, during which phase your terrified author-beast is driven to productivity by the sheer weight of deadline
- 40-60% complete – Struggle With Progress, your long-suffering author-beast has achieve the half way point, only to realize she must do the same again
- 60-80% complete – I Suck, Why Bother?, during this phase your depressive author-beast is convinced everything she writes is rubbish, people are only buying her books out of pity, the editor will want a massive rewrite, and she should take up manufacturing shoes for earthworms or something equally useful
- 80-100% complete – Victory is Mine, during this phase the light appears at the end of the tunnel, the betas are clamoring for the next book, and your triumphant author-beast has decided once more she is brilliant.
Quote of the Day:
“If you can’t annoy somebody, there’s little point in writing.”
~ Kingsley Amis
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Lady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble is not her fault. When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her husband’s past.
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Love the graph.