Comments on: The Casualties of Publication. http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/ Weblog of National Bestselling, Award-Winning Novelist Sylvia Day Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:25:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Sylvia http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/comment-page-1/#comment-641 Sylvia Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:09:34 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/#comment-641 Yeah, Larissa, I'm nauseous too. This is really a lot harder than I thought it would be and the fact that she liked Stolen so much just makes it worse, if that makes any sense at all. Now I want to live up to that expectation and I don't know if I have the time to do it. I polished Stolen <strong>to death!</strong> Yeah, Larissa, I’m nauseous too. This is really a lot harder than I thought it would be and the fact that she liked Stolen so much just makes it worse, if that makes any sense at all. Now I want to live up to that expectation and I don’t know if I have the time to do it. I polished Stolen to death!

]]> By: Larissa http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/comment-page-1/#comment-640 Larissa Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:58:46 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/#comment-640 Er...Sylvia, you're making me nauseous just thinking about all this. Career Plans. Deadlines. And editor who has faith in you. OMG..the pressure! :shock: Er…Sylvia, you’re making me nauseous just thinking about all this. Career Plans. Deadlines. And editor who has faith in you. OMG..the pressure! :shock:

]]> By: Sasha http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/comment-page-1/#comment-638 Sasha Thu, 16 Dec 2004 19:52:32 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/#comment-638 I'm another one that writes better under pressure. :oops: If don't have a deadline, and I don't feel like writing. I won't force myself to. I’m another one that writes better under pressure. :oops:
If don’t have a deadline, and I don’t feel like writing. I won’t force myself to.

]]> By: Ellen Fisher http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/comment-page-1/#comment-637 Ellen Fisher Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:14:20 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/#comment-637 I agree with Alison. I write much better under pressure. It's the reason I'm always sending my editor partials and getting contracted before the book is finished-- I just can't sit down and write; I'm too lazy. I have to be motivated (ie panicked), and for me that means writing under deadline. It's kept me writing quite efficiently over the past year, as opposed to my earlier extremely spotty production. Deadlines are our friends. Trust me. Seriously, don't let the deadline freak you out... you can do this. We're all waiting anxiously to read your first book, so crank that puppy out! :grin: I agree with Alison. I write much better under pressure. It’s the reason I’m always sending my editor partials and getting contracted before the book is finished– I just can’t sit down and write; I’m too lazy. I have to be motivated (ie panicked), and for me that means writing under deadline. It’s kept me writing quite efficiently over the past year, as opposed to my earlier extremely spotty production. Deadlines are our friends. Trust me.

Seriously, don’t let the deadline freak you out… you can do this. We’re all waiting anxiously to read your first book, so crank that puppy out! :grin:

]]> By: Saskia http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/comment-page-1/#comment-636 Saskia Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:55:38 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/#comment-636 Thank you for all these juicy details! :wink: Very much intrigued. Thank you for all these juicy details! :wink: Very much intrigued.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/comment-page-1/#comment-634 Jordan Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:57:46 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/#comment-634 Sylvia, You'll pull it together. With Kate willing to work with you and guide you, you're already a step ahead of the crowd.:grin: Sylvia, You’ll pull it together. With Kate willing to work with you and guide you, you’re already a step ahead of the crowd.:grin:

]]> By: Alison Kent http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/comment-page-1/#comment-633 Alison Kent Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:52:45 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/16/219/#comment-633 My problem is that I DON'T work if I don't have a deadline. It's been a horrible bugaboo that's gotten me into all sorts of trouble with long lags between books, etc. At least back before I just bit the bullet and signed my life away. My problem is that I DON’T work if I don’t have a deadline. It’s been a horrible bugaboo that’s gotten me into all sorts of trouble with long lags between books, etc. At least back before I just bit the bullet and signed my life away.

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