My baby's all grown up

Jeannine left a comment on my post about being blue suggesting it is normal for artists can suffer a kind of post-partum depression once they finish a work. I thought this was a really interesting idea, and made perfect sense. So I trawled the internet to see if other writers felt this way when they finish a book and, to my delight, I'm not alone.

1) Here's an article that touches on it.
2) Jonathan Safran Foer is asked about it in this interview.
3) And here's a fantastic blog post by Catherynne Valente that really strikes a chord with me - I have a lot of similar feelings during and after the writing process.