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  • THE FOREST FOR THE TREES is about writing, publishing and what makes writers tick. This blog is dedicated to the self loathing that afflicts most writers. A community of like-minded malcontents gather here. I post less frequently now, but hopefully with as much vitriol. Please join in! Gluttons for punishment can scroll through the archives.

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I Started a Joke Which Started the Whole World Crying

Okay, for all of you still with me, all of you chipping away it every day or as often as possible, it’s time to finish the fucker. I’m hip deep in revisions and setting August 1 as my goal. I’ve also cleared my calendar for June and July (besides ye olde day job) and will do everything in my power to resist dinner parties and lunch dates, which I hate anyway. I also hate travel, cooking and talking on the phone.

You don’t have to finish your project by August 1, but what can you commit to?

Photo Credit: Pixels

2 Responses

  1. This is timely. I’m trying to FTF but I’ll say this – this book has been so damn hard to write. I’ve been working on it almost two years. It’s due on or before Oct. 1st to my editor, so YES, the Aug. 1 date for me is a “must have it done,” and I better be well on my way with the self-editing part. I have to have it in my agents hands at some point for a read through to boot. I still have about 15K to write to The End. Not quite panicking, but . . .

  2. Gosh, Betsy! How can you possibly hate lunch dates?! I adore them!! You must be having lunch with the “wrong” people. I had surgery in March, and had to move my office upstairs…which is like moving to a new house. I mean, I’m still working on my office and am now getting very close. I already have my writing tasks laid out on my desk and am hoping to start soon. It’s been so very hard to not be working, but I couldn’t anyway, while recovering. I’m excited to be coming back! Yahoooo!! Let us all know how it’s going! I would love to have lunch with you…I promise, we would laugh uproariously! Enjoy. Luvs, Jude deL

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