Oh, I feel ya, I feel ya! My due South co-writer and I were zined about a month ago (and yay for the fandom that JUST KEEPS GOING -- there hasn't been a dS zine in ten years and now THIS). Well, she and I both felt like POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION for a bit after that.

And your equating of writing with "the insanity repetition". Truth!

And along with all that : congrats and hugs for another novel from you!