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And you thought worrying about never getting published in the first place was bad...

  • May. 21st, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Dead To Me
Pubbing a book is a roller coaster of emotions.

Here is my VERY scientific study:
Ramp up to pub date- excited, nervous
First month of publication- excited, nervous
Three months after publication- calms down
Four months after publication- small bit of depression, next book too far forward to be getting excited about yet

What's next? I dunno...

I should probably start book three in the series before I get too heavily hit with edits for book two, huh? But the low grade depression, she say no!

I am sure this is not just me, so feel free to chime in if you have any experience with this...

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[info]ilona_andrews wrote:
May. 21st, 2008 03:53 pm (UTC)
Post-pub depression is a bitch :(

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[info]dmoonfire wrote:
May. 21st, 2008 04:19 pm (UTC)
Heh, post-publication depression (PPD) could be a terrible thing. I remember getting it for my first novel, mainly because I thought I would never get published again. It gets frustrating since you expect to at least top yourself with the next one; naturally you'll do it, but still it wears down on you.
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[info]sartorias wrote:
May. 21st, 2008 04:53 pm (UTC)
You forgot worry, depression, worry, depression, worry, depression, and worry.
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[info]mdhenry wrote:
May. 21st, 2008 05:04 pm (UTC)
Oh yeah. That pub date for Road Trip seems really far off. I'm unmotivated and my wordcount has slowed to a crawl.

Must. Go. Sleep.
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[info]pickledherring wrote:
Jun. 8th, 2008 05:10 am (UTC)
I have zero experience with that - haha, yet! I have zero experience with it yet! - but in case it helps to have the ego stroked a bit, I just finished Dead To Me and I loved it. ^^ Can't wait for the next one. I'll be sure to get a copy when that one hits the shelves. Thanks for making me laugh.
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[info]antonstrout wrote:
Jun. 8th, 2008 05:16 am (UTC)
Woot! Excellent.. glad to hear it!

Book two promises to be more betterer!
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