This post is (sort of) in response to John finishing his novel, Picking Stones. Go check it out. It’s good. Here’s the first chapter:
Great. Promo over.
Now, I want to talk about the sad side of creation. The fact that, in many ways, creation is like an addiction. You spend countless hours chasing a high—toiling endlessly for a payoff that you just know will come as soon as the project is finally finished.
Then you finish.