Yes, you could call this a thinly-disguised excuse for posting a picture of my gorgeous new baby. Ruben is much more handsome than a picture of either of my novels as they currently stand. But in fact, it’s actually true that after his birth, I decided that the process of bringing him into the world was considerably easier than the process of bringing a novel into the world.
Sure, it took us a few years to actually “get” Ruben, and my pregnancy wasn’t easy – especially for my writing, since it gave me carpal tunnel syndrome and I couldn’t even type. But Ruben is now here, and he’s growing up strong and healthy. He’s a month old already!
But my novels are still, well, still in the womb, so to speak. Getting them from conception through to a “ready” product has been hard enough, but getting them out into the real world – in other words, getting them published – well, that’s the really tricky bit. And that’s something I hope to work harder on once my little boy doesn’t need me 24/7. (Yeah, so maybe in 18 years or so!)
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Well giving birth to a child is easier because it only takes a day or two! Giving birth to a novel takes years and often many that never see the light of day before one is finally THE one.
.-= India Drummond´s last blog ..Why Are You Writing/Reading YA? =-.
Aww, what a cutie! Congrats again!
.-= Kristan´s last blog ..Read-search =-.
Your baby is a true wonder! It gives me the idea of having a fourth!
They seem so harmless when they sleep …
Congratulations!
.-= Isabelle´s last blog ..Le passager de Patrick Sénécal =-.
I can’t speak to the difficulty of having a child (I’m a man), but I have written a book and my partner is pregnant. And I must say, the pregnancy is – if not more difficult – much more agonizingly rewarding. My books will always be in my head. I don’t agonize over their safety, or dwell on their health. Though the process is similar, my neurosis prevent me from putting the birth of a book anywhere near that of my child. So while the incubation period may be longer (my novel took me three years to write), it only took one ‘just in case’ ultrasound for the baby making stress to outweigh the book’s.
Beautiful pic, btw.
Thanks for your comments and congrats, everyone
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