{"id":2466,"date":"2012-07-05T16:42:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T23:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2466"},"modified":"2013-04-20T06:48:06","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T13:48:06","slug":"riding-a-book-is-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2012\/riding-a-book-is-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding a Book Is Hard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, you read that right: Riding a book is hard.<\/i><\/p>\n

I mean, seriously — would you ride it as you would a horse, a camel, or a unicycle?<\/p>\n

But no matter how difficult riding a book may be, writing a book is much more hardest.<\/p>\n

(Now don’t go puttin’ on airs — I know to say “much more hard,” OK? I just like my way of stressing the point. If the rhymers can have poetic license, why can’t bloggers have superlative permits…at a minimum?)<\/p>\n

I got sidetracked. Not only in this post. But by this post. Here’s what I should be doing:<\/p>\n

\"Writer<\/a>
\nWriter at work…behind the camera<\/i><\/div>\n

Yep, I should be drinking coffee. Alas, it’s all gone. I finished it off after posing it for this photo. And by then it didn’t have much heat left.<\/p>\n

Wait, wait, wait! Don’t hang up on me yet! This truly is a serious post!<\/b><\/p>\n

Even though this post sidetracks me from the book I am writing, I don’t know how else to give you a progress report on the book I am writing. (No, I have no illusions of riding this book to fame or fortune.)<\/p>\n

As you might know (read Ex-Writer Wants to Ditch X<\/a> if you do not), I have embarked on writing an ebook to self-publish. I must finish the writing and editing phases by August 11 (of this year). I must complete the formatting phases by August 15. I would like to publish it on August 17.<\/p>\n

The photo above represents my progress thus far. That accounts for the first four pages of the book. I would like to have the first six pages well drafted by this Saturday night. We’re talking a 56-page book, folks!<\/p>\n

You accomplished, prolific, professional writers had better straighten up right about now: you are supposed to weep with those that weep \ud83d\ude25 not laugh at them. \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n

Because writing a book is hard.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your support.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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