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Your job is not to be a writer. Your job is to be a published author.

I read this piece from Lauren DeStafano today about anxiety, and specifically how the challenges of managing anxiety are compounded by the demands of being an author. Though the whole piece is very good, this bit in particular stood out for me:

“…there is a lot of pressure to be normal, and, as an author, to be what readers expect. During Wither’s launch week, when faced with more reading and s...

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Average rating: 3.74 · 1,569 ratings · 375 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors

	God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1) 3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 1,044 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infidel (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #2) 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rapture (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #3) 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Afterbirth (Bel Dame Apocrypha #0.6) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brutal Women: The Short Stuff 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seams Between The Stars (Bel Dame Apocrypha #0.5) 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God's War: Bel Dame Apocrypha 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Legion 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sirius B - broj 04 by Davorin Horak (Editor), Darko Macan, Tim Powers 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speculative Fiction 2012 by Justin Landon (Editor), Jared Shurin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joe Abercrombie (Contributor) 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kameron Hurley rated a book 5 of 5 stars Osama by Lavie Tidhar	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kameron Hurley rated a book 3 of 5 stars Control Point (Shadow Ops, #1) by Myke Cole (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Life was what you did with what was done to you.”
― Kameron Hurley, God's War

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“Take me there. Or is this a kidnapping? Don't confuse rescue and kidnapping. I have not asked to be rescued.”
― Kameron Hurley, God's War

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I hate surprises, boss. The last surprise I got, somebody died.

Yeah, well. the last surprise I got, I went to prison.
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― Kameron Hurley, God's War

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