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<blockquote data-quote="Samothdm" data-source="post: 1618415" data-attributes="member: 5473">I enjoyed this post, too.&nbsp; It's interesting to read about the &quot;other side&quot;, since I just wrote about my experiences with having my first book published as a PDF (you can read about it <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=92084" target="_blank">here</a>, although I know you already read it, Destan).As far as layout, artwork, and all of that, I was completely removed from the process as well.&nbsp; The publisher took care of all of that, although they did have pretty strict guidelines regarding point-size for headers, what should be bolded, capitalized, etc.&nbsp; It makes it a lot easier for them to put it into PDF format that way.&nbsp; Regarding the &quot;love-hate&quot; relationship: Absolutely.&nbsp; I got really tired of working on the book at certain points, and I did miss a lot of &quot;fun events&quot; with my other friends: dinners, movies, drinks, etc.&nbsp; I also really slacked off on my own campaign while writing the book.&nbsp; We continue to play, but slightly less frequently and I put less time into preparing for the sessions. Like any writer, I got writer's block throughout the process, thinking that I would never come up with enough ideas to fill the book.&nbsp; Then, while driving to work or getting ready in the morning, I would think of an idea and write it down as soon as I had a chance.&nbsp; I found talking over ideas with other friends helped spark new ideas as well.&nbsp; Letting the book sit for a while:&nbsp; Definitely.&nbsp; It's kind of funny, but I wrote my book so long ago (about 9 months ago) that I had forgotten some of the stuff.&nbsp; When I look at it now, I actually get kind of inspired by my own stuff.&nbsp; That might sound geeky, but it's happened.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Quality of Life While Writing: Yeah, this suffered.&nbsp; I slacked off on housework (cooking, cleaning, laundry), and while my wife picked up the slack, I did feel a little guilty about it.&nbsp; I had less time to read and do other things for &quot;down-time&quot;, which actually made writing harder because I was more stressed while doing it.&nbsp; Like Destan, I have a &quot;day job&quot; which is signifcantly more hours than just the standard 8-hours a day.&nbsp; So, I was into work at 9:30am or so (it's the ad biz - rarely do people get in before 9am), but staying until 8:00pm at night and then commuting home for about 45 minutes or an hour.&nbsp; Then dinner, try to spend a little time with my wife talking about her day, but very anxious to &quot;get back to writing&quot;.&nbsp; I did procrastinate a little bit and so at the end things were very tight and I was very nervous that I wouldn't be finished on time.&nbsp; While our approaches to how we got started writing are very different, I think that some of our experiences during the process seemed to be similar.&nbsp; It's very interesting to read about.&nbsp; Thanks for sharing your experiences.&nbsp; I'm glad you got inspired to write your version of the story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Samothdm, post: 1618415, member: 5473"] I enjoyed this post, too. It's interesting to read about the "other side", since I just wrote about my experiences with having my first book published as a PDF (you can read about it [URL=http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=92084]here[/URL], although I know you already read it, Destan). As far as layout, artwork, and all of that, I was completely removed from the process as well. The publisher took care of all of that, although they did have pretty strict guidelines regarding point-size for headers, what should be bolded, capitalized, etc. It makes it a lot easier for them to put it into PDF format that way. Regarding the "love-hate" relationship: Absolutely. I got really tired of working on the book at certain points, and I did miss a lot of "fun events" with my other friends: dinners, movies, drinks, etc. I also really slacked off on my own campaign while writing the book. We continue to play, but slightly less frequently and I put less time into preparing for the sessions. Like any writer, I got writer's block throughout the process, thinking that I would never come up with enough ideas to fill the book. Then, while driving to work or getting ready in the morning, I would think of an idea and write it down as soon as I had a chance. I found talking over ideas with other friends helped spark new ideas as well. Letting the book sit for a while: Definitely. It's kind of funny, but I wrote my book so long ago (about 9 months ago) that I had forgotten some of the stuff. When I look at it now, I actually get kind of inspired by my own stuff. That might sound geeky, but it's happened. :) Quality of Life While Writing: Yeah, this suffered. I slacked off on housework (cooking, cleaning, laundry), and while my wife picked up the slack, I did feel a little guilty about it. I had less time to read and do other things for "down-time", which actually made writing harder because I was more stressed while doing it. Like Destan, I have a "day job" which is signifcantly more hours than just the standard 8-hours a day. So, I was into work at 9:30am or so (it's the ad biz - rarely do people get in before 9am), but staying until 8:00pm at night and then commuting home for about 45 minutes or an hour. Then dinner, try to spend a little time with my wife talking about her day, but very anxious to "get back to writing". I did procrastinate a little bit and so at the end things were very tight and I was very nervous that I wouldn't be finished on time. While our approaches to how we got started writing are very different, I think that some of our experiences during the process seemed to be similar. It's very interesting to read about. Thanks for sharing your experiences. I'm glad you got inspired to write your version of the story. [/QUOTE]

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