It’s exciting releasing a book. Most authors I know feel as if their work is their baby, so letting others see it can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. There’s also the satisfaction of others telling you they’re proud you published, even if they leave off praising the work(which we hope they do). It’s sort of like a new relationship, and it feels fresh.
Like most relationships, however, that excitement fades over time. No, it doesn’t diminish the work or make you less wedded to it; it simply changes the nature of it. As time passes, excitement gives way to a kind of complacency.
That has happened with Schism. I love the book, but it has now been out for almost two months. I post about it on social media from time to time, but it doesn’t generate the same buzz it once did. This happens with all of my books, and it happens with all of the books of other authors too. Think about it – are you as excited over HarryPotter and the Deathly Hallows as you were in 2007?
Maybe that’s why authors want to push to the next
story. Yes, we have a multitude of ideas
we want to write about, but we also seek fresh challenge and new
territory. We want to rekindle that fire
we felt when our latest book released.
It’s an unending struggle, like the addict who continues to seek the
high they got their first time.
Hopefully my journey won’t be as destructive as that, though. 😊
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