[alexkearns]

I never thought that I would be hit by launch fear. Over the past couple of years, I have conceived and finished a number of reasonably big projects - www.gambolio.com, www.musicgames.co, www.casualgirlgamer.com and www.tiki-toki.com - and for each I launched as soon as I thought the software/site was polished enough. I had no hesitation or doubt. But for some reason, with my latest project - www.peopleplotr.com - I just can't seem to launch it. It is not that I am constantly tinkering with it. I haven't touched it since it was completed a couple of months back. It's ready to be launched at a moment's notice. I even posted about it on Hacker news to get pre-launch feedback. But, for reasons I am not 100% sure of, I just can't conjure up the energy to write a few press releases and send them out to some blogs and publications.

I am not sure exactly why this is. Am I fearful of it being a failure or am I fearful of all the work I'll have to do when users start giving feedback. Perhaps it is not so much launch fear as launch fatigue.

[vidar]

Stop thinking and launch. There has been enough thinking on this project already it seems!

[wpietri]

Burnout?

It's reasonable to want to be in good shape when you put something out there. If you can't be responsive to users, you'll lose 'em.

My tip: go someplace quiet, warm, and pleasant for a couple of weeks. Read novels. Sleep late. Have a beer on the beach early in the afternoon. Go for long walks and maybe some long runs. Your love for what you do will return after a while.