The Twelve Days of Deadline Hell: An Ode for Authors

On the first day of deadline hell, my stress level gave to me, an awesome, evil plot bunny

On the second day of deadline hell, my stress level gave to me, 2 candy bars and an awesome, evil plot bunny

On the third day of deadline hell, my stress level gave to me, 3 headaches, 2 candy bars, and an awesome, evil plot bunny

On the fourth day of deadline hell, my stress level gave to me, 4 Angry Birds, 3 headaches, 2 candy bars, and an awesome, evil plot bunny

On the fifth day of deadline hell, my stress level gave to me, 5 HOURS ON TWITTER!, 4 Angry Birds (all right! high score!), 3 headaches, 2 candy bars, and an awesome, evil plot bunny

On the sixth day of deadline hell, my stress level gave to me, 6 naps a taking, 5 HOURS ON TWITTER! (#1k1hr's, that was it, I swear), 4 Angry Birds, 3 headaches, 2 candy bars, and an awesome, evil plot bunny

On the seventh day of deadline hell, my stress level gave to me, 7 nights no sleeping, 6 naps a taking, 5 HOURS ON TWITTER! (oh, look, a new review!), 4 Angry Birds, 3 headaches, 2 candy bars, and an awesome, evil plot bunny

On the eighth day of deadline hell, my stress level gave to me, 8 blogs a hopping, 7 nights no sleeping, 6 naps a taking, 5 HOURS ON TWITTER! (did you read that post on...), 4 Angry Birds, 3 headaches, 2 candy bars (and some M&Ms), and an awesome, evil plot bunny

On the ninth day of deadline hell, my stress level gave to me, 9,000 words a writing, 8 blogs a hopping, 7 nights no sleeping, 6 naps a taking, 5 HOURS ON TWITTER! (Good morning! Congrats! Thank you! #FF! #SixSunday!), 4 Angry Birds, 3 headaches, 2 candy bars, and an awesome, evil plot bunny

On the tenth day of deadline hell, my stress level gave to me, 10 Oh my Gods, what do I do? What do I do? Holy crap I'm in so much trouble!, 9,000 words a writing, 8 blogs a hopping, 7 nights no sleeping, 6 naps a taking, 5 HOURS ON TWITTER! (come on, they were talking about the Black Dagger Brotherhood, what did you expect me to do???), 4 Angry Birds, 3 headaches, 2 candy bars, and an awesome, evil plot bunny

On the eleventh day of deadline hell, my stress level gave to me, 11K words fast drafted, 10 Oh my Gods, what do I do? What do I do? Holy crap I'm in so much trouble!, 9,000 words a writing, 8 blogs a hopping, 7 nights no sleeping, 6 naps a taking, 5 HOURS ON TWITTER! (actually, it was 5 hours on Facebook...Man Wars!!! Woot!), 4 Angry Birds, 3 headaches, 2 candy bars, and an awesome, evil plot bunny

On the twelfth day of deadline hell, my stress level gave to me, 12 editor emails, 11K words fast drafted, 10 Oh my Gods, what do I do? What do I do? Holy crap I'm in so much trouble!, 9,000 words a writing, 8 blogs a hopping, 7 nights no sleeping, 6 naps a taking, 5 HOURS ON TWITTER! (Hey! They were rewards for writing!), 4 Angry Birds, 3 headaches, 2 candy bars, and an awesome, evil plot bunny 

Can I get an amen??? Who else is singing this right now???

Well, if you are, I wish you all the best! Happy holidays everyone! Thanks for reading (singing???),

Laura