Oh no, then someone else comes and finishes the job, despite you doing all the work. Good news is you still get the credit! Jokes aside: congrats! 🍾

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This country seriously would rather children be murdered en masse at school than be trans. A single trans athlete competes in sports and hundreds of laws are introduced. Children are murdered on a daily basis and it's a fact of life. THINK ABOUT THAT FFS.

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The author can't make a book go viral, can't get the book positioned in front of the right people. All we can do is write the best book we can and support it with as much energy and $$ as we can afford, which is NOT enough to move the needle nationally. There is no obvious lever for success. 4/

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Most authors you see 'touring' right now are paying their own way. Unless you're a juicy debut or can fill a theater, most publishers don't think book events sell enough to pay back the travel. People don't come out to events like they did 5-10 years ago. Social media doesn't spread the word. 5/

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Traditionally published authors know MONTHS in advance that their book is not getting special treatment. No sprayed edges, no Target buy, no Book Box, no book club, no B&N front table. We know, and there is literally nothing we can do to change it. So we have to hope that lightning will strike. 3/

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