Sad but True

[ellen_kushner]

"The worst thing about becoming a published author was that, inexplicably, it did not make all my problems go away. Walking into Barnes & Noble and seeing my name on a book jacket was exciting, of course, but when I left the store the thought filling my head was not Gee, now my life is perfect but Why didn't the cute cashier fall in love with me as I purchased my own book? Am I fat? Or could he just see that I'm a bad person?"
-- Joel Derfner,
 in Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever and What Ended Up Happening Instead