As a reminder, I am posting this purely in fun.
I remember one year my friend Carpenter and I had books out on the same day. We talked about it all summer. We each pretended to have modest expectations. I had modest expectations for his book; he had modest expectations for mine. The week before, we talked almost every morning about how excited we were and what a long time we had waited, and how it was just like being a little kid waiting for Christmas Eve. Finally the big day arrived and I woke up happy, embarrassed in advance by all the praise and attention that would be forthcoming. I made coffee and practiced digging my toe in the dirt, and called Pammy and a few friends to let them congratulate me. Then I waited for the phone to ring. the phone did not know its part. It sat there silent as death with a head cold. By noon the noise of it not ringing began to wear badly on my nerves. Luckily, though, by noon it was time for the first beer of the day. I sat by the phone like a loyal dog, waiting for it to ring. Finally, finally it rang at four. I picked up the phone and heard Carpenter laughing hysterically, like some serial killer, and then I became hysterical, and eventually we both had to be sedated.
Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird, p. 213
Out of Babel 
Been there. Done that. Not the beer part. Someone once said, “Expect nothing. You won’t be disappointed.”
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Ha ha … maybe I should call you up, and laugh hysterically!
Actually, my experience hasn’t been like hers. I wasn’t expecting any fanfare, and actually, a number of people have reached out to me. I’m indie publishing, so I know that if there is going to be an event such as a tour or reading, I’m going to have to cause it.
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Yep, me too. Which is why it’s not happening. I hate it.
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Your next book: Marketing for Misanthropes. 😀
Or perhaps that book already exists.
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hahahahaa, this made me laugh quite a bit 😀
The trials of being a writer, eh?
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You are welcome.
If this is the worst of it, we are doing pretty well.
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That’s a great quote! – Sans the hysterical laughing, it reminds me a bit of Dorothy Parker’s “A Telephone Call”.
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I’ll have to look that up!
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It’s a fun one!
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