The Emotional Journey of Writing a New Book

I sat down to write a new book this week. Sounds easy enough, right? Park your booty on a chair, whip open a laptop, and start pounding away. It used to be like that when I didn't have deadlines looming over me like a great black cloud of doom. But the writing process changes when you're no longer doing it simply for fun. Here's an infographic to explain it (and as always, feel free to steal it you like) . . .