Thomas PM Barnett is expecting:
Far more than passing kidney stones, I feel like waiting on a book release is like a woman waiting for labor–mostly it’s dread and regret and the inability to get a decent night’s sleep. I know that’s being self-absorbed, but–again–that’s why it’s like heading toward labor: there is this all-consuming sense of an onrush of something either very good or very bad and you have a hard time sensing the possibility of anything in between those two extremes.
The Dish 