tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post6110583369826298383..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: Getting It Published, Part 5Flaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-3582396728692569832011-09-20T00:39:05.543-04:002011-09-20T00:39:05.543-04:00Catty:
Jesus, it was just this second--after I do...Catty:<br /><br />Jesus, it was just this second--after I don't know how long of your commenting on my blog--that I realized who you are In Actual Real Life. <br /><br />But thanks! And congrats yourself! Where's a non-suicidal bottle of wine when you need it?Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-74860659214535833742011-09-19T16:09:34.521-04:002011-09-19T16:09:34.521-04:00Congrats--this has to be excellent news!
I will ...Congrats--this has to be excellent news! <br /><br />I will now never be able to think of my book as anything but a kid living in the basement. He's not really a late adolescent so much as, I dunno, Hamlet...perhaps I can send him to England and have him offed, but no, not before he returns and kills me and everything i love...<br /><br />gah! <br /><br />but I'm revising my proposal this very day, so if I can finish up those last bits, well, then I too will look forward to the last couple years in the long process...CattyinQueensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-77071021837430816742011-09-13T12:01:43.379-04:002011-09-13T12:01:43.379-04:00"[R]ight now I feel like a parent whose moody...<i>"[R]ight now I feel like a parent whose moody late-adolescent kid is still living at home: I love the kid and all, but I'm ready for him to get the hell out of my basement."</i><br /><br />This is as good a description of what it feels like to finish a book as I've ever read. If this is your emotional state now, you're clearly ready to get 'er done and get it off of your desk. <br /><br />(And if ntbw says you'll get a contract, you'll get a contract.)Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-6143613731700358422011-09-13T10:09:27.167-04:002011-09-13T10:09:27.167-04:00Congratulations on your progress in this process! ...Congratulations on your progress in this process! I am confident your book will be accepted, and I look forward to reading it. What you describe though is a good part of why I think second and subsequent books are so much easier than first books. First books almost always are connected in some way to the dissertation, even if they are hugely revised and expanded. So one ends up living with that project for a long damned time! Once you start to write a book that actually is conceived as a book, rather than a dissertation, there's a whole different, and in my experience easier, trajectory to follow.ntbwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02413694779063198549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-39078086850811610552011-09-12T01:30:45.848-04:002011-09-12T01:30:45.848-04:00Susan: if I could "like" your comment on...Susan: if I could "like" your comment on Blogger, I would.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-15498898770143253712011-09-10T19:07:36.816-04:002011-09-10T19:07:36.816-04:00The good thing is that for long stretches you can ...The good thing is that for long stretches you can forget about that late adolescent, and pay attention to the baby.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-13194974290028908092011-09-09T23:23:48.819-04:002011-09-09T23:23:48.819-04:00Withy: I've lived with someone writing his ind...Withy: I've lived with someone writing his index, so I know exactly what's in store. (And to be honest, I think it's the kind of task that I'd enjoy.)<br /><br />RG: Not at all! It's the idea of being stuck with this book for another 4+ years that I can't bear.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-46261385114894522312011-09-09T21:49:30.617-04:002011-09-09T21:49:30.617-04:00You got a problem with finishing this process at 4...You got a problem with finishing this process at 40? ;)Renaissance Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06243095907452011303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-20589309438843332832011-09-09T21:07:27.965-04:002011-09-09T21:07:27.965-04:00Just wait until you get to indexing.Just wait until you get to indexing.Withywindlenoreply@blogger.com