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So, hate to write posts that aren't uplifting, but I was pretty affected by Confusion this year in a not altogether good way. There were a lot other authors there, which is great for networking and talking shop. But this year, for the first time, I felt like a very small fish in a very big speculative fiction pond. It was a particularly difficult emotion to take piggy-backed upon me getting my third book published and finishing my first trilogy. It was an epic moment for me and one that I thought might never happen, and I was so excited to share it with the world!!! And it seemed as if no one really cared, certainly not strangers at a conference filled with other amazing authors. It felt a lot like I'd had my big flash of excitement and I was yesterday's news. It was...I guess I could say, humbling? Not that I felt at all like I'd gotten a swollen head, but maybe I had. That is one logical explanation for how awful I felt after the convention, that I'd become full of myself off of my two-book success. Whatever the reason, as an author I have discovered the need to constantly stave off the disappointment of other people not caring about my writing, or worse, caring about it but not liking it. The best way of staving off this disappointment? Do know yet, but I'll get back to you. Keep Writing and Edit On.
I Write, I Edit, I Write Again. Witness! We're Making Better Words, All of Them, Better Words. I Write to Burn Off the Crazy.
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