Bookmoon
--noun
1. a period of euphoria following the completion of a WIP, during which the author feels that nothing has or could ever be as perfect as the finished manuscript.
2. an unrealistic adoration of an author for her book.
3. the glow an author experiences after editing and before being critiqued/rejected by betas, reviewers, or agents.
Origin:
a mashup of the words honeymoon and book, created by me to describe the weird, giddy, almost obsessive love authors can experience for their precious manuscripts.
--Related forms
bookmooning, verb
--Synonyms
love, obsession.
--Antonyms
pessimism, realism.
--noun
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| Bookmooning |
1. a period of euphoria following the completion of a WIP, during which the author feels that nothing has or could ever be as perfect as the finished manuscript.
2. an unrealistic adoration of an author for her book.
3. the glow an author experiences after editing and before being critiqued/rejected by betas, reviewers, or agents.
Origin:
a mashup of the words honeymoon and book, created by me to describe the weird, giddy, almost obsessive love authors can experience for their precious manuscripts.
--Related forms
bookmooning, verb
--Synonyms
love, obsession.
--Antonyms
pessimism, realism.
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ReplyDeletetee hee hee! have you recently been bookmooning? :)
ReplyDelete@Jaimie
ReplyDelete* curtsies * Why, thank you!
@Vic
ReplyDeleteWell, I vacillate. Between bookmoons and discourwritement. ;-)