Thank you for this sane reminder! Author and coach Becca Syme periodically reminds her followers that while we wish Captain America were in charge of publishing, in fact, Loki's in charge. I mean, they didn't name it "Random House" for nothing. So. Much. Random. And yes, you wrote a damn fine book, several of them.
So interesting, Aimee, and my own experience with essays written to promote a new book are similar. (I quote Goldman’s “Nobody knows anything,” often. It’s a good, if maddening, reminder of the crapshoot that is creative success. And a reminder as well of the fact so much is based on luck—whether good luck’s beneficiaries want to admit it or are even aware of this at all.)
Thank you for this sane reminder! Author and coach Becca Syme periodically reminds her followers that while we wish Captain America were in charge of publishing, in fact, Loki's in charge. I mean, they didn't name it "Random House" for nothing. So. Much. Random. And yes, you wrote a damn fine book, several of them.
Ha! I've never heard that Random joke before! Love it! Thanks Nita, you writing powerhouse!
So interesting, Aimee, and my own experience with essays written to promote a new book are similar. (I quote Goldman’s “Nobody knows anything,” often. It’s a good, if maddening, reminder of the crapshoot that is creative success. And a reminder as well of the fact so much is based on luck—whether good luck’s beneficiaries want to admit it or are even aware of this at all.)
Yup. We’re in this together!