The horror book is on my desk for another 24 hours. This is the scary part. Did I catch all the erros? Did I make any huge mistakes? I don't think so but you never know. The Gods of Print like to shield things from even the keenest of eyes as they like to reveal them only when the book comes back in its finished format. There's a great blog post about this over at Adam Rex's place - he's the guy that illustrated Gaiman's Chu's Day story. This is what he says and he took the words right out of my mouth: "When I turn in the art I'm worried that it's totally inadequate. When the book arrives in stores a year later I only see mistakes. A few months later I love it."

It's something I've talked to a lot of people about lately, big and small people too - which means it's simply 'there'. It doesn't go away with perceived success or talent. It's just one of those things you have to live with but knowing that everybody experiences it is comforting to say the least.

I did however find an ever more frightening prospect on the horizon and that would be how close the deadline for the next book in the sequence is.

Bring it...

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During a particularly late night session, Mr Gamble (book designer) and I got a little stir crazy and he sent me this pic with the story that some guy leaned his bike against a tree, got called away to war and never came back. Whether it's a true story or not, it's still a great picture:

I think I prefer this though which makes me laugh every time I see it. I have officially been in the house too long..