Are you writing a book?

 Writing a book is no less than running a literary marathon - - sometimes without shoes!  Yikes!  Life would have been so much easier if my first book was my second book?  Does that make sense?  Your first book is the one that keeps you up at night, makes you crazy as you edit and change passages, and gives you a feeling of euphoria that you haven't had since 8th grade graduation!  I can conquer the world!