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stephanieburgis

Voting against perfectionism

Jul 23, 2010 16:30

Whew. With nine days to go until A Most Improper Magick releases in the UK*, I feel like I'm standing in the middle of a whirl of to-do lists, all of them AMIM-related...but the single most important thing that's happened for me this week is that - incredibly - I actually hit THE END on my rewrite of Kat3! I still haven't sent it to my editor ( Read more... )

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hierath July 23 2010, 15:44:04 UTC

Congratulations! Typing "The End" is always such a sweet feeling :) I worked out this morning that I only have another six (ish) chapters of "Art of Forgetting" to write, so I hope I'll be popping some of that "The End" champagne before too long :)

stephanieburgis July 23 2010, 15:48:38 UTC

Thank you! And good luck getting that champagne popped SOON! :)

ex_triciasu July 23 2010, 16:32:06 UTC

DOWN WITH PERFECTIONISM!!! It's totally incompatible with happiness, not to mention parenthood.

I am so happy for you that the revision is done. It's such a wonderful book & I can't wait to see this series start to hit readers!

Time to celebrate--you DID IT, and you did it in the face of many, many obstacles. I have a sort of idea of what you've been up against, and it's really hard to be in a situation where you want to be moving forward but can't control your circumstances, and I know just what you mean about comparing yourself to other writers producing X, Y, and Z in a given time period. I'm so glad you can see yourself doing this and catch yourself and stop yourself! Because it's sooooo destructive and COMPLETELY ILLOGICAL to make those comparisons. (I do it too, so I'm not saying this from a high horse, but out of empathy).

Oh, and the new icon ROCKS. *HUGS* Enjoy your weekend!!!! Yay!!

stephanieburgis July 23 2010, 20:56:53 UTC

*HUGS* Trish, you rock. THANK YOU!

desperance July 23 2010, 17:34:32 UTC

Me? I'm decorating. By the end of today, I shall have finished painting the dining-room. Over the weekend, I get to put the books back.

Do not, do not ever beat yourself up about writing more slowly than you used to, or more slowly than you promised, or or or. Brenchley's First Rule of Everything is that Everything Takes Longer. Longer than it used to, longer than it ought to, longer than the contract allows ( ... )

stephanieburgis July 23 2010, 20:57:54 UTC

Hooray for decorating! Someday we will do the same. Heck, someday we will even unpack all of our boxes from the April move!

It's the book that matters, not the speed of production.
I think I have to repeat this as my mantra. THANK YOU.

ex_triciasu July 24 2010, 05:14:22 UTC

'Brenchley's First Rule of Everything is that Everything Takes Longer'

Was on the verge of discovering this independently, like when I discovered radium last week and gravity, er, yesterday.

Wise words. Hope you are OK. Painting the ceiling sounds brutal on ye olde necke.

jessica_shea July 23 2010, 23:33:58 UTC

Hooray for reaching the end!

I'm a big perfectionist too. We make it so much harder on ourselves than it has to be. I'm working on it. I hope you have a fabulously celebratory weekend.

stephanieburgis July 24 2010, 10:02:51 UTC

Thank you! And we should form a support group - PERFECTIONISTS R NO LONGER US! ;)

jennygordon July 24 2010, 18:59:14 UTC

stephanieburgis July 25 2010, 13:09:21 UTC

Thank you! And as much as I have genuinely loved writing this book, after working on it for nearly two years, I am looking forward to playing in a brand-new sandpit very soon. :)