This is scary as hell.
It's like telling the world to take your talent, ego, and hopes of success and tie them up in a big knot and stomp on them. Fold, spindle, mutilate. And this is only a novela. Something small and cute. Not the giant wordy thrillers I've been trying to pare down. I'm putting this up as a test. Can I really do this? Be the writer I see in my heart? Actually sell a book?
Scary
Exciting
Scary
Exciting
>insert deep heartfelt sigh here<
In the mean time I'm working on another book. A more serious book far away from the genre of the first. (that worries me--that my writing spans several genres and how am I ever going to develop a following?)
And I'm making T-shirt designs. Crazy Painter T's
It's what I do when I'm not writing or painting because sitting still isn't an option. If I sit still I think about these the scary prospect of strangers reading and critiquing my work. I know you can't please everyone. I'm really not interested in trying. But still...
Scary
Exciting
How do you guys shove your work out there and still stay sane? Does it get easier with the next book? Does the anxiety ever go away?
2 comments:
I think it does get easier. It certainly gets easier once you have some reviews. You just have to take that step. Luck, of course!
I'm in the same boat yet waiting to launch publication after my current job to ensure no conflict of interest. (I'm a government rep) I am going to follow your blog to see how it goes. Good luck!!!
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