On Art and Artists

Every now and then I hear the comment from my friends and acquaintances that they read my book and while it wasn’t the genre they usually pick up they enjoyed it. I find this to be a rather odd compliment.I know that I have to maintain a thick skin in this business, butit occasionally sounds likethey are saying somethingalong the lines of you were greatin spite of what you wrote. Because my book wasn’t in their preferred genre, if they did not know me personally, they might never have come ac...