"After you publish a book, there is a reckoning. All of the emotions you suppressed and fought with writing alone suddenly rush in and crush you. If your book doesn’t sell, you feel sick. If it sells a ton, you’re also in for a scary ride. When your goal is to make art, to give a big piece of yourself to the world, to tell the truth, and—crucially—to FACE THE TRUTH, then your goal is also to feel like a complete fucking idiot, [...]”
https://www.ask-polly.com/p/i-published-a-novel-and-no-one-cares
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