I reached one of my favorite book-writing milestones today. I’m sick of my book! Don’t worry. It’s mostly temporary, I hope, and it happened at just the right time: seven years and about twenty-five editing passes in. (If I’d gotten sick of it earlier—trust me—I’d be seriously depressed.)
What did I do to celebrate, you ask? Well, yesterday, as the printer in my hallway was still warming down its jets (ink-low lights blinking furiously), I slid into the Post Office just ten minutes before closing time, slapped a delivery conformation sticker on my handmade cardboard box, and sent it roaring off to Carolyn Arcabascio, the illustrator extraordinaire for The Moon Realm Series.
Sure, The Dragondain still needs more work, but I’m looking forward to being truly ill? during the final read-through and polish. 😀 I’M SO HAPPY!
"Tales, unlike stories, never lie." 
Congratulations! That’s pretty exciting sounding.
Well done, Rich. Everyone gets fed up with offspring from time to time, especially when you are around them too much. Have a great illness when the time comes!
BTW, Juli (my wife and editor-in-chief) read ‘The Moon Coin’ because I had loaded it onto her Kindle. It’s not really her genre, but she loved it and was very impressed by the story and the quality of writing. She was hooked to the Kindle, in her spare time, for several days. Personally, I can’t offer a better accolade than that.
Thanks, Stuart! And I’m thrilled that Juli enjoyed it.
P.S. We’ve sold out of The Butterfly & The Bull, again. Bring more copies anytime. 🙂
I may have a couple of copies left. I’m about to re-order. I’ll call in ASAP.