Geez I already wanted to hurry up and get it, but now? Shut up and TAKE MY MONEY! I do enjoy my YA, but I am also a big fan of spice, especially after a slow burn.
Please hang in there. I’ve commiserated with you before (threads maybe) about how absurd the pub game has gotten, compared to when I was a kid and we didn’t expect our writers to do anything but write. What a concept!
Aw thank you!!! That's motivating for me to see; I hope you'll be able to read this someday relatively soon! 🥹 And yeah... I'd love to hear from midlist authors in the game in the 90s AND still comfortably midlist now and see which experience they prefer. I wonder if any exist. Seems like either you break out big or just kinda stop after a while.
When I was a kid... we're talking 60's! I started my love of escapist fiction as a miserable teenager back then. But your comment made me feel young for a second. Like getting carded! Yeah, I would occasionally see an author on Dick Cavett, rarely on Johnny Carson, and it was because a book was a best-seller already and therefore topical. It was assumed the publisher would do all the promo, and writers would write. This is not based upon any inside info; just my perception.
Anyway, the game has surely changed and I'm happy that you are nimble enough to surf this brave new pub world. Stay strong!
Thank you! Before I started writing under contract, each book took me a year or two to write (All Your Twisted Secrets took me two years). Publishing's wild deadlines trained me to go faster. But I recently heard from a friend who wrote her first adult thriller in like three weeks, and that made me feel like a sloth. We all just have different processes I guess!
I appreciate your honesty, as someone just stepping into the world of writing and publishing books. Seeing the reality of a writers experience helps set reasonable expectations
I do hope this next book helps you find more joy in it all🌷
Geez I already wanted to hurry up and get it, but now? Shut up and TAKE MY MONEY! I do enjoy my YA, but I am also a big fan of spice, especially after a slow burn.
Please hang in there. I’ve commiserated with you before (threads maybe) about how absurd the pub game has gotten, compared to when I was a kid and we didn’t expect our writers to do anything but write. What a concept!
Aw thank you!!! That's motivating for me to see; I hope you'll be able to read this someday relatively soon! 🥹 And yeah... I'd love to hear from midlist authors in the game in the 90s AND still comfortably midlist now and see which experience they prefer. I wonder if any exist. Seems like either you break out big or just kinda stop after a while.
in the 90's? lol
When I was a kid... we're talking 60's! I started my love of escapist fiction as a miserable teenager back then. But your comment made me feel young for a second. Like getting carded! Yeah, I would occasionally see an author on Dick Cavett, rarely on Johnny Carson, and it was because a book was a best-seller already and therefore topical. It was assumed the publisher would do all the promo, and writers would write. This is not based upon any inside info; just my perception.
Anyway, the game has surely changed and I'm happy that you are nimble enough to surf this brave new pub world. Stay strong!
SO RELATABLE! I’m right there with you. Good luck!
Thank you so much, Sara!! 💜
You’re fast! The one i did fastest took a couple of years including breaks. Best of luck with the publishing. Hope it’s less gnarly this time!
Thank you! Before I started writing under contract, each book took me a year or two to write (All Your Twisted Secrets took me two years). Publishing's wild deadlines trained me to go faster. But I recently heard from a friend who wrote her first adult thriller in like three weeks, and that made me feel like a sloth. We all just have different processes I guess!
I appreciate your honesty, as someone just stepping into the world of writing and publishing books. Seeing the reality of a writers experience helps set reasonable expectations
I do hope this next book helps you find more joy in it all🌷