Comments on: Calf rope http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/12/10/calf-rope/ Romancing The West Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:17:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Elizabeth Lane http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/12/10/calf-rope/comment-page-1/#comment-3579 Elizabeth Lane Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:34:15 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/12/10/calf-rope/#comment-3579 Congratulations, Geralyn! Sorry to come in late, but 21 books is awesome! FWIW, by the time I get to the end of a book I'm a mess of insecurities. "I hate this book...it's the worst thing I ever wrote...my editors will hate it, my readers will hate it...nobody is every going to buy anything from me again..." On and on it goes. A few months later I get the line edits, read it again and think, "Oh, this isn't so bad." By then I'm usually busy with the next worst book I ever wrote. :-) Elizabeth Congratulations, Geralyn! Sorry to come in late, but 21 books is awesome!
FWIW, by the time I get to the end of a book I’m a mess of insecurities.
“I hate this book…it’s the worst thing I ever wrote…my editors will hate it, my readers will hate it…nobody is every going to buy anything from me again…” On and on it goes.
A few months later I get the line edits, read it again and think, “Oh, this isn’t so bad.”
By then I’m usually busy with the next worst book I ever wrote. :-)
Elizabeth

]]> By: Geralyn http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/12/10/calf-rope/comment-page-1/#comment-3578 Geralyn Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:30:36 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/12/10/calf-rope/#comment-3578 He brought me olives for my martini and mint M&M's and a massage bar from Lush. After twenty plus books, the man has figured it out. <vbg> He brought me olives for my martini and mint M&M’s and a massage bar from Lush.

After twenty plus books, the man has figured it out.

]]> By: Lori Barnes http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/12/10/calf-rope/comment-page-1/#comment-3577 Lori Barnes Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:50:04 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/12/10/calf-rope/#comment-3577 What did your real life Texan bring you? What did your real life Texan bring you?

]]> By: Paty Jager http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/12/10/calf-rope/comment-page-1/#comment-3576 Paty Jager Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:33:16 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/12/10/calf-rope/#comment-3576 Congrats on the finish! I find it interesting that all the romance authors I know have this love/hate thing going on with their projects at various stages. I'm in the middle of a book right now and just today blogged on our chapter blog about how it feels boring. Yet, as my faithful chapter members reminded me, writing a book is like a roller coaster and when you hit the middle it is that peek in a roller coaster ride where you take a breath and then "Whee" you plummet to the end with everything moving faster, one last tight curve that whips you at the end (black moment) and then tying it up, the slow coast to the end of the ride. I think a writer's emotions about their book rides on this same coaster ride. Congrats on the finish! I find it interesting that all the romance authors I know have this love/hate thing going on with their projects at various stages.

I’m in the middle of a book right now and just today blogged on our chapter blog about how it feels boring. Yet, as my faithful chapter members reminded me, writing a book is like a roller coaster and when you hit the middle it is that peek in a roller coaster ride where you take a breath and then “Whee” you plummet to the end with everything moving faster, one last tight curve that whips you at the end (black moment) and then tying it up, the slow coast to the end of the ride.

I think a writer’s emotions about their book rides on this same coaster ride.

]]> By: Estella http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/12/10/calf-rope/comment-page-1/#comment-3575 Estella Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:07:22 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/12/10/calf-rope/#comment-3575 Congratulations on finishing your book! Congratulations on finishing your book!

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