Am I the only one who feels like my books are my children?
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I think there are a lot of comparisons. You gestate them for a few months whilst they gain energy and strength. Then your effort starts to show and they grow bigger and bigger in word count with the hardest toil at the end. After that you want to protect them from people judging them too harshly, but once you let them loose on the world there really isn't anything you can do to change their fate.
Besides, I put on more weight with my books in the final writing/ editing stage than I did with either of my babies!
I think there are a lot of comparisons. You gestate them for a few months whilst they gain energy and strength. Then your effort starts to show and they grow bigger and bigger in word count with the hardest toil at the end. After that you want to protect them from people judging them too harshly, but once you let them loose on the world there really isn't anything you can do to change their fate.
Besides, I put on more weight with my books in the final writing/ editing stage than I did with either of my babies!
Asuntha
I'm totally with you on this
BUT I have 3 children who each have their own dreams (and they are my life and I can't manipulate them they way I can my characters)
SO I would phrase it differently
My books sum up my dreams, hopes and fears, wildest imaginings
The blood sweat, tears and joy that has gone into them
More part of my soul than that of my children
though actually reading back on this, I change my mind
Honestly - having children is easier than writing a book
I, too, love my yet as unpublished characters.