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2 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
90% of the conversations I have with other authors about our books consists of stuff like “This book is not working, I will never finish it, my editor will have me killed,” “I will die before that book earns out,” and “That book over there did well, god knows why.”
Conversations I do NOT have: “The symbolism of this book is deep and meaningful.” “That book is an exploration of themes of loss and longing.” “I wore pants while writing that other book.”
10% is one of us saying enthusiastically “Okay, but I LOVED your book!” and then the author gets flustered and says “oh my god I didn’t actually expect you to read it wow thank you jeez”
Seriously, maybe other authors get together and deeply discuss their books, but all the ones I know get together and talk about agents, taxes, marketing, whether this cover works, and That Thing I Heard About That One Publisher OMG Really You Won’t Believe What They Did.

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Since apparently some people need the reminder: Letting a book go out of print is not censorship! Books go out of print all the time! I myself have several books that are out of print in various formats. They have not been censored, they just aren’t being printed any more.
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Because these are much too good to never see the light of day, I present A Series Of Sidebar Conversations With My Editor @KBSpangler
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