otherwise known as a pain in the a$$. Not connected to the RITA in any way.
- Nag your editor. Has she read the book yet? Are the edits done? Did the book suck? Why hasn’t she emailed you back?
- Nag your agent. Has she talked to your editor? Did the editor tell your agent that your book sucked? Why hasn’t she emailed your back?
- Nag the cover artist. (FYI, this only works if you’re on a friendly basis with cover artists and if you know their email. Easier to do this if you’re with smaller pubs/epubs) Has he read your cover request? Did it suck? Why hasn’t he doen the cover yet?
- Nag your fellow writer friends. Have they read the book yet? Did it suck? Why haven’t they read it yet?
- Nag yourself. Read the book again. Does it suck… no, really read it this time. Why don’t you shut up already and get on some Xanax or something?
- Nag your crit readers (those understanding, kindly souls who know you need the know the truth, damn it, I can too handle the truth). Have they read the book? It sucked, right? Why haven’t they emailed me back yet?
- Nag the lady in charge of marketing. What is the hell is a marketing plan anyway and why do I need one? Whaddya mean, this is for my benefit… it’s stressing me out already.
- Nag the nice friend who listened when you griped about doing that particularly stressful bit of work over the weekend. So how far have you read and am I being a crybaby? What do you mean, that other person has a life? Whimper…
And the list could go on. And on. And on. As you can see, I excel at being a pain in the a$$ author and generally neurotic and paranoid.