2007-01-07 - 11:38 p.m.

okay, does this happen to anyone else: you get to the end of a really good book and you're actually depressed that it's over?

i think this is one of the things keeping me from reading some of the books on my shelf. for at least a day after finishing a good book (or the last book in a good series) i'm sad.

i've mentioned before that i get addicted to books and once i start reading i can't put it down til it's done. which can be a bad thing when it's the 7-part dark tower series or something like that.

if it's not a great book, then i'm okay with it. but if it's really good and i got completely absorbed into the world of the book, then it's hard for me to get out of it again and get back to real life. i actually miss the world and the characters.

and this problem extends to the books i write. for a long time i was afraid to finish the binded and it's part of the reason i really dragged my heels working on the third and final book.

i'm not worried about getting to the end of the binded and it sucking. i just don't want to get to the end because then it will be over. i've got other books to work on too, but still.

the binded has been such a big part of my life for over a decade now. and it's almost over. i will finish it this year. at my present rate, i'll probably finish it before i turn 26. it's kinda scary.

i can always read the books over again, but it's not the same. nothing new is added and i'm still left with that same sad sense of loss when i get to the end. some of it might have to do with my seemingly never-ending need to know what happens next.

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