You are not your book

[karenkincy]

This post is for all those authors who, like myself, get emotionally invested in their books. Too emotionally invested. Yes, we talk about the writing process and path to publication with words like “passion,” “love,” and “pour your heart out on the page.” You spend months to years on each draft of your novel, and even more time crafting a

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[olmue]

@ #4--I can't speak to all the published author stuff, but books are just so different. Even ones from the same brain. Having been on both ends of the spectrum, I HAVE NO IDEA what makes some books easier to write than others. So uh...I agree that you don't need to feel bad if it takes effort, nor too pleased with yourself if it doesn't. If a book does happen to flow out in whole cloth, the appropriate response, as I always tell my kids, is thank you.

BTW, my local university bookstore stocks OTHER. They have a small couple of shelves for YA, but they choose to stock yours. They don't know you--but they do like your book!

[karenkincy]

Brains are mysterious things. Like, some nights I have these absolutely fabulous technicolor dreams... and others, not so much.

And woot, excited to hear that your university bookstore stocks OTHER!

[karenkincy]

Thanks!