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Third Book Syndrome: My Third Self-Publishing Experience

A strange thing happened while writing my third book.

I had developed a strong writing process while working on my first two books, yet The Ten Day Edit eluded me. It wasn’t that I didn’t have enough time, or that I didn’t know what to write about—instead, it was what I now know is third book syndrome.

In hindsight, I should have seen it coming, but I honestly didn’t expect it to affect me as much as it did. What I expected even less, however, was how I finally overcame it. (more…)

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