Ann Patchett complains about going on book tours and having to SELL her book and her writer-persona to the public? F*** You, You Whining F***.
By the way, if the Iowa Writers Workshop is serious about training writers, then it’s idiotic not to have a seminar on promoting one’s work.
Should I ever actually publish a book, I would happily whore myself out to whatever bookstore/tv or radio show/county fair/house party that would have me.
There are two Wharton professors who have let me in on their secret for getting a best-seller on Amazon in the first week of publication, and it’s all about strategy and networking. One of them had a full article in the New York Times a couple of months ago, so they must know something…
You have to admit, it takes a a talent to write about how you dislike doing something while at the same time communicating how awesome you are.
Also, the anecdote about the little girl is funnier if you imagine Paul Harvey saying “And that girl… was Myla Goldberg.”
Although most things are funnier if you imagine Paul Harvey.