We noted yesterday that Ana Marie Cox’s novel “Dog Days” was pushed to an early 2006 release date. At the time, Cox had not responded to an e-mail from DCist; after having our post forwarded to her, she sent us a clarification:

The book was pushed back because I am a much slower writer than anyone thought possible. It turns out that making things up is harder than you’d think.

Thanks, Ana Marie, for letting us behind the curtain on this one. And good luck with writing about the fictional lives of who your publisher calls “the young movers and shakers in D.C.” But really, is making things up really that difficult?