The Huffington Post has published a blog post of mine!! A fan favorite and funny little ditty of a tale: Writer Separation Anxiety. Readers of The Memory Box will enjoy this piece I wrote the day after I finished writing the book. Please feel free to share it, laugh out loud, like it on HuffPo or leave a comment.
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I’m not ashamed to admit I’m afflicted with writer separation anxiety. Hopefully others, by reading this, will come forward. There’s strength in numbers. It may not plague the majority of writers, but that doesn’t make us freaks. Why do you think there are so many serial authors?
I know I should’ve been ecstatic, but when I finished writing my first novel — I was bereft. I couldn’t stop thinking about Caroline, Andy, Lilly, all my characters. We’d been together for so long. It’s not a secret that I spent more time with them than my real family. I never prepared myself for life without them. continue reading
sammee44
Thanks Eva–this was such fun but not only was it “Writers’ Separation Anxiety” but an addiction to Oreo cookies. . . 🙂 J
evanatiello
I’m with you there, Judee! It’s the original for me… I don’t want no stinkin’ Double Stuff!
pedometergeek
It’s hard to leave good friends. There is always the mourning after.
evanatiello
You know it, Nance! thanks for stopping by…
Donna Marie
I have a strange and eerie feeling that I will have the same problem when my book ends… I already miss my characters whenever I had do force myself to rest so as not to make my carpal tunnel worse… I guess I should get those Oreo cookies ready.
evanatiello
Don’t forget the milk!