what keeps us going...

[lagilman]

You write, and you write, and you do the best you can, and you hope for a cosmic alignment or a break from the fates, and you write and you work and you do the best you can, and you keep the faith, and sometimes eventually you get that cosmic alignment and that break of fate, and the rest of the world suddenly takes notice of the work you've been doing all these years, and you get to send around an email that says:

"18 years, 33 books, and on May 10 I finally hit the NYT Bestseller list."

Yay to Christie Golden, who can now put "New York Times bestseller" on her byline for ever and ever amen.


[and to anyone who lives with/is friends with/is family to a writer -- yes, it often takes this long, and this many books. Show a little love and understanding, and don't ask your two-or-three-books-published author when they're going to hit the bestseller list. If they could manage it by sheer talent and willpower, they'd be there already.]

Comments

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

Picked up Blood from Stone today! There were only 2 copies on the shelf at my local Barnes & Noble.

[lagilman]

Yay! Hope you madly adore it...

[and while I'm hoping that was "only two books left" on the shelf, if there's only one left now, that's still a Win! :-) ]

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

I didn't see any on the front tables or anywhere else on the shelves, so I'm hoping there were 2 because the rest sold.}:P

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

That is a great reality check. Thank you!

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

"18 years, 33 books, and on May 10 I finally hit the NYT Bestseller list."

another one of those overnight success stories...

[arouraleona.livejournal.com]

And people say writing isn't work.

[handlebar605.livejournal.com]

Christie's Real job is raising a husband and a White German Shepard Dog

[arouraleona.livejournal.com]

That's a lot of work too. I raise a boyfriend and two gerbils, and that can't be near as bad as what she has to deal with!