If you're looking for me - and I know you are - you can find me all day at the Starbucks on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. With two days until the book is due and the airconditioners in our apartment barely able to keep the heat and humidity at bay, the coffee giant beckoned this morning and I'm now on my second vanilla skim latte in two hours. And if you're looking for me after 11 PM, I'll be the slightly shaky guy with the sunken-in eyes prowling the streets of Brooklyn trading parts of my laptop for a caffeine fix.
Today I've been focused on going through my manuscript and adding in many of your quotes and answers to my QOTDs. They've added an incredible amount of perspective and humor to the book, so thanks to all who have contributed. If you've been shy about posting so far, today is your last chance so don't miss out.
Tomorrow I'll be at the Rose Reading Room at the main branch of the NYPL, which, in my opinion may be the best place for quiet, focused work in the entire city and even the country. I've done a lot of my writing there as the fact that it is music and cellphone free makes conentrating much easier than at your typical soundtrack-filled Starbucks. The room's majestic, detailed ceiling and old wooden tables can make even a hack who's working on a book about getting married feel like he's writing the great American novel.
I received a mock-up of the cover last week and, man, was that exciting. The design has not been finalized, but it's just one more sign of the reality of it all. I imagine I'll be no less excited when the actual book is published.
More later...
Posted by Doug at June 13, 2005 12:34 PM