I’ve been doing a bit of thinking lately regarding book publishing and to an extent the whole writing process. The first thing i wanted to talk about is, once a book’s been published – what happens if people don’t get it, or just plain don’t like it.
You can’t unpublish something, you can’t go back in time and say to yourself “the publishers liked it, the elitest reviewers might have liked it but miss average reader out there hates it, so do yourself a favour and don’t punish the readers”.
Writing a book, is almost like sharing a part of your soul with the world, and to have people tear that to pieces would sting, even if just a tiny bit. You’ve got to be made of some sturdy stuff that's for darn sure. I absolutely admire people who have the courage and follow through to publish something they’ve spent a lot of time on, and share that with the world at the risk of well possibly breaking your heart if you don’t get the response you want.
At the same time though, It would be worth writing it and putting it out there, if it makes even 1 person’s day, or changes just one person’s life in a positive way – then that would make it worth it. Its like art, in that way – even if that 1 person it changes is you, then it was worth it - It was worth that risk because remember if we don’t risk, we don’t truly live.
