Writing’s a Bitch

Thinking about writing a book

isn’t writing a book.

Talking about writing a book

isn’t writing a book.

Dreaming about writing a book

isn’t writing a book.

Posting on social media about writing a book

isn’t writing a book.

Telling friends you’re writing a book

isn’t writing a book.

Telling colleagues you’re writing a book

isn’t writing a book.

Telling a BF/GF/BFF/SO you’re writing a book

isn’t writing a book.

Telling mom you’re writing a book

isn’t writing a book.

Rewriting a paragraph until it’s perfect

isn’t writing a book.

Formatting chapters/whitespace/whatever

isn’t writing a book.

Playing with Scrivener fonts and themes

isn’t writing a book.

Fussing over a book cover

isn’t writing a book.

Endless research down the Wikipedia black hole

isn’t writing a book.

Creating 4,000 words of character lore

isn’t writing a book.

500 pages of “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”

is creepy AF, yet still isn’t writing a book.

Spending oodles of time in writers’ forums

isn’t writing a book.

Chatting up indie authors at a book fair

isn’t writing a book.

Buying indie books from a book fair

is nice but isn’t writing a book.

Building a writer website

isn’t writing a book.

“Casually” mentioning your my writer website

isn’t writing a book.

Seeking AI critique/validation of your my writer website

is kinda’ sad and isn’t writing a book.

Composing this stupid blog post

isn’t writing a fucking book.