I Abandon A Book – Again!
Thursday, November 18, 2010 by Dan L. Hays
“I Abandon A Book – Again!” An author has several agents interested in his novel. He works hard to revise his manuscript, only to be crushed when it needs further work. He walks away from the book.
Published in Life As A Human.
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“Self Portrait, Walking Away: On one of the jetties at Gräsvik” Misteraitch @flickr.com Creative Commons, some rights reserved.
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Books just have to breathe sometimes. I don’t know that we can ever truly “abandon” a story that we’ve spent so much time and toil on. But I know I definitely need breathing space from manuscripts sometimes.
K. M. – I do agree with you! It looked like I had abandoned that book, but it was part of a bigger process, and I still intend to publish it! I just turned in my next article – and it will explain the angst that these articles have explored up ’til now! 🙂