On Being an Emotional Yo-Yo

Quick one tonight:

I was feeling somewhat discouraged earlier today. Someone who had agreed to read and review my novel backed out, because she thought it might have more "questionable" bits than she was comfortable with. And I went on Goodreads and found another 3 rating, which brings down my average.

And then I did my periodic Googling on my name + No Going Back, and I found a tweet from earlier this week from a blogger who's reading my book and liking it more than she was expecting. And suddenly I'm feeling happy again.

It really is true (for me at least) that as an author, I can't really separate my own ego from how people react to my book, no matter how much everyone seems to claim that it ought to be possible…