Hiatus

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I’ve decided these are pictures of the minor greek goddess Hiatus. See how she is lounging around?
I will NOT be lounging around but I will be ‘away’ traveling the torturous passages of my mind.

I’m going to be taking a wee bit of a break from things internetty which includes blogging. Although I probably won’t be able to control my Twitter habit.
I need to finish revisions on FIERCE before beginning revisions on the Scholastic YA (new title to be announced soon!)
But I thought I’d leave you with a question to ponder…

WRITERS: would you rather achieve whirlwind, other-wordly fame and success, adored by the people while being lambasted by critics, which is all over in a year or two?
OR
Would you rather enjoy a slow, gentle career lauded by critics but only achieving modest sales, which lasts for your lifetime and beyond?

READERS: If you could only choose one book to read over and over again for the rest of your life, what would it be?

See you on the other side…
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9 thoughts on “Hiatus”

  1. One book, only one book…I'm not sure I can do that. Though The Time Traveler's Wife was one of the first books that I read over and over again. Now I have to think about this…Hmmm.

  2. Most people probably say they don't want fame. I don't, but maybe I'm deluding myself? Maybe I want a little bit, or I wouldn't put myself out there with a blog. I really crave respect. I want to be a respected author with a long, long career.

  3. Alybee- Time Traveler's Wife is a good one! I think I'd want to take something long- The Lord of the Rings, maybe.
    Jill- I realized I'd enjoy a little fame too. Not so much that I had paparazzi but a few fans who of course would respect me and love my books. I think you can't really have a measure of fame without there being the other side of things- detractors and people who hate your work. I might not be able to handle that with a thick skin. A long, long career is paramount for me too.

  4. That's like the fairytale of the girl who was offered the choice of happiness in her youth and a miserable old age, or a tragic youth followed at long last by a golden evening-of-life. (She chose the latter.)

    I'd rather have a long career than a short one, anyway. And as for the wild success and the lambasting, who would really envy JK Rowling?

    Good luck with the writing.

  6. We have some old home movies (yes – movies – from before videotape) of my sister and I, ages four and three, on spring-mounted riding toys at a park. Her horsey goes backandforthbackandforthbackandforth, so fast it almost makes the viewer dizzy. Pan to me. Backward…..forward. Backward….forward. So I’m not just trying to be righteous when I say I’d rather have a slow, gentle ride. It’s in my nature.

  8. As a writer, I would absolutely choose the second option, and it looks like your other commenters agree.
    My one book to read 'til the end of time is I Capture the Castle. It's been my favorite book since I was seventeen.

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