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New Author Timeline
A month-by-month guide by Brian Malloy, author of Brendan Wolf and The Year of Ice
| June | Giddy excitement, love for the world and all its peoples. |
| July | Giddy excitement, head swelling from reviews and interviews, me, me, me. |
| August | Drowning in self-pity, humiliated at sparse readings and by New York Times review. |
| September | Angry loner, hate people so much, revenge soon. |
| October | Detox. |
| November | Relapse. |
| December | Detox. |
| January | Book clubs, giddy excitement, love for all people. |
| February | Occurs to me for the first time since June to ask other people how their lives are going. |
| March | Sick of book and all things to do with book. |
| April | Love book, beg its forgiveness. |
| May | Nostalgia for June. |
Reproduced with permission of the author.
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