Writing a book is hard work. I know, I’ve done it a number of times. My recurring nightmare after the first two books was having one of my daughters coming up to me and say:
“Daddy, what’s a leftover”
“It’s something that is no longer new, much good anymore, and is priced to get rid of it, why?”
“Cuz there’s a big round bin over there with your books in it and the sign sez 3 for a dollar leftovers.”
Shel Israel, the co-author of Naked Conversations will not have this nightmare. No, Shel is a new author. He will wander the book stores looking for his book, a pen at the ready the moment it even appears somebody is picking up the book. He will wear out the F5 key, refreshing the Amazon sales ranking page.
And Shel will click on every link and read every book review out there. And when he does that, he will have, burned into his eyes, etched into his mind for all time, seared into the very consciousness that is Shel Israel; a sight no man, women (except Ponzi) or child should see.
This is a warning to all you budding authors. Be careful or you could end up with this review for your book.
leftover bin? Nahhhh...regardless, whatshisface and moi were just having a conversation tonite about how cool it would be if you featured the caricature that was in one of your books (am I a bad daughter for not knowing which one, or a bad geek?) during the early days...now THAT'D be timeless...
Though the review of Naked Conversations on here is pretty timeless too; that image will be seared into my brain for a looooong time...yeepers.
Posted by: Rachel | January 24, 2006 at 00:17