Publishing Probs

Release day

When you finally finish your book after a week of being locked in your office...

If you’ve made an active attempt to ruin someone’s personal or professional life by rallying an internet mob against them more than once in the past month, it may be time for you to seek professional help. Or...go for a walk. Or maybe write your book. 

Think pieces about whether you can write/read/like romance and be a feminist. Complete with list of what is and isn’t acceptable for women to enjoy. 

When writers act like missing their deadlines is normal and expected. 

When it’s 3:28 and you have your entire word count to write because you did absolutely nothing all day.  

When there’s an online kerfuffle and everyone in the community assumes they have unanimous agreement but in private the rest of us are texting each other like...

Twitter

When it is so very obvious who someone is subtweeting about and they clearly don’t think it is. 

New authors. 

Working on that elevator pitch

When I try my hand at self-promo

Still working on the ‘high concept pitch’ 

“Being a writer must be so fun! It must be nice to sit at home all day and do nothing.” 

“It’s easy for you though. You just churn them out.” 

When they tag you in a bad review

When you go in the store and THEY HAVE YOUR BOOK