Leia visits the doctor three times in four days. Revisiting Lyga’s Law of Publishing: Barry signs a contract and explains why it takes so long. Science says: writers and psychotics are the same. (Morgan disagrees.) Don’t be a jerk on the internet. Morgan psyches out Barry. Barry goes nuts over a new book. Links: * Writing in Real Life — Episode 33: The One with Royalties * The Neurological Similarities Between Successful Writers And The Mentally Ill | Thought Catalog * http://www.warrenzevon.com/ * Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract - YouTube * When You Become The Person You Hate On The Internet : All Tech Considered : NPR * How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life - The New York Times * archive.org * Morgan Recommends: Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound * 24 Things No One Tells You About Book Publishing * Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Eligible’ Updates Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ - The New York Times * Sittenfeld’s response: So Eligible got a solidly bad review from The... - Curtis Sittenfeld * Internationally Bestselling Author Tess Gerritsen * Barry Recommends: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound * Do parents have a special talent for writing for kids? From our very first episode! -- Writing in Real Life — Episode 1: The One that Came First * Rate us on iTunes