Procratinaion - the never ending story

[lindorm]

 I'm working on my presentation for SvB (the national book catalogue that presents new authors and publishers news for the next quarter or half year), and I'm having a tiny little problem with talking about myself in third person. I always suspect that I sound like Napoleon

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The SvB presentations can be in first person, I think. Personal is good - so long as you keep it on the megalomaniac side and don't get too personal. And do not say that you have always wanted to be a writer: that's literally what they all say, the corny amateurish ones and the pretentious emo ones (which are the two major groups). And you're taller than Napoleon was, aren't you?

[lindorm]

Nope, me and Napoleon are of the same hight. 168 cm if some sources are to be believed, 170 cm if others have their say. Me, I'm a majestic 167,5 cm.

I will probably use first person, and I'll use a minimum of funny stories about my childhood and will not refer to my writing previous this book at all. If I can help it.

What I would like is a sound-track. How about the imperial march from Star Wars? That would suit me, no?

[jehanearbonne]

Megalomania is always the new black.