The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The good: Writing a book. For a shy and naturally curious person like me, writing is the perfect career. Leave me alone in the office for the day with no interruptions and the only thing to keep me company being the tap, tap, tap of the keyboard, life is good.
The bad: The utter terror of releasing your book and letting the world see what’s in your head. This could be about as scary as walking naked down the street. Well, maybe I’m exaggerating a little. But the public portion of being an author is a little daunting. My hometown newspaper, The DeSmet News, did an article on Tent City and it actually made the front page! Exciting and terrifying. So far, all of the feedback for Tent City has been great and I’ve even had a guy tell me it’s the first book he has read since 1995 and that he wants to read more. Does it get any better than that?
The ugly: The book signing. The last time I felt like this maybe would have been in high school when I learned I would have to give a speech. You mean I have to get up in front of people and talk? Just me? Well, a book signing is kind of like that. I just found out that one of my favorite stores in downtown Sioux Falls, Zandbroz Variety, is going to host a book signing for Tent City on April 27, 2013. As cool as that sounds to go to a place where I can introduce my book to people, I’m scared of how to act, what to say, if I’ll look like an idiot, or worse, green. Green as in, I don’t know what I’m doing. But here’s what I know about things that scare me: I lose a little sleep worrying about what might happen, but in the end when I’ve tackled it, I feel like I’ve grown and become a better person. So check in with me after the book signing, or better yet, come down! I’ll let you know if I would have rather walked down the street…well, you know.
Tent City
The bad: The utter terror of releasing your book and letting the world see what’s in your head. This could be about as scary as walking naked down the street. Well, maybe I’m exaggerating a little. But the public portion of being an author is a little daunting. My hometown newspaper, The DeSmet News, did an article on Tent City and it actually made the front page! Exciting and terrifying. So far, all of the feedback for Tent City has been great and I’ve even had a guy tell me it’s the first book he has read since 1995 and that he wants to read more. Does it get any better than that?
The ugly: The book signing. The last time I felt like this maybe would have been in high school when I learned I would have to give a speech. You mean I have to get up in front of people and talk? Just me? Well, a book signing is kind of like that. I just found out that one of my favorite stores in downtown Sioux Falls, Zandbroz Variety, is going to host a book signing for Tent City on April 27, 2013. As cool as that sounds to go to a place where I can introduce my book to people, I’m scared of how to act, what to say, if I’ll look like an idiot, or worse, green. Green as in, I don’t know what I’m doing. But here’s what I know about things that scare me: I lose a little sleep worrying about what might happen, but in the end when I’ve tackled it, I feel like I’ve grown and become a better person. So check in with me after the book signing, or better yet, come down! I’ll let you know if I would have rather walked down the street…well, you know.
Tent City
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