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If you're like me, sometimes the negative voices get you down. Here's a helpful post for writing: Five Negative Voices and How to Shush Them.
A more positive voice:
I love writing--I really do! Let me specify, though, that I love FICTION writing. The past two weeks I've slaved over writing a psychology book chapter for a textbook, and it was hell. No wonder I gravitate more toward therapy than research. One small consolation is that writing five fiction novels has improved my academic writing, too.
I'm almost done with my sixth book ACED (Blocked #2), yahoo!
76000 / 80000 words. 95% done with Aced!
I'm hoping for a November or December release, depending on the editing timeline. Have you released a novel in December? I'm nervous the holiday rush might be a bad time to launch my baby.
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Early December might not be too bad - get people before they get totally caught up in the whirlwind of the holidays. I'm sure all the Blocked fans will be happy to get their hands on Aced as soon as they can.
All that research does sound like hell.
The latest one of my books has ever come out is October, so not sure on a December release.
I feel your pain in writing non-fiction. I've had to write docs for work, and it's nowhere as fun as fiction.
Congrats on being so close to done with book 2!
Still better than writing and researching for textbooks, though. :-(