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Once as an experiment, I bought a Moleskine, unwrapped it and promptly scribbled like mad on the first page in an attempt to get past that. Didn't work—I still felt really bad about it.
It was really entertaining to watch the drunken typist give it his/her best. :)
Your post reminded me that I shouldn't be spending all of my time in code working on client projects. Yes, it pays the bills, but I should (need to) do a little drawing each day to keep that part of me alive. It's not as big as writing a book, but it will be fun to see how long I can keep the chain going.
I also agree with your comment about screens vs. paper—I have one of those fancy Wacom drawing tablets, but it doesn't come close to the feel of a nice sharp 4H pencil or Pilot v5 pen on copy paper.
Thanks again for the inspiration.
Also, you can put your own animal drawing on your cover now—and you get to choose which animal!
I'm looking forward to reading new posts about how you need to call your bank every few days to make more room in your account due to all the book sales. Congratulations on getting to done.
Just an odd image in my mind of a group of top-security clearance, extremely well trained, able-minded people who think up silly code names like these.