Fun with Lists
As I write this, Dry Stories is #144 on the Best Canadian Literature List here on Goodreads.
I came of age during the Wayne's World era. Lists, are an important part of how I perceive best to worst on almost every topic that doesn't really matter, but is fun to think about.
"Fun to think about" is key right now. Like most working single mothers, I live a ridiculously stressful life with lots of laughter and fun thanks to my kids (by the way, the older one would like you to subscribe to his YouTube channel, if you please).
To distract myself, I started thinking about my books again. I am not concerned about marketing, but I do love having readers. I get a lot of feedback from readers of the business writing I do for the B2B News Network (B2BNN), but not much from the fiction I write.
My 120 closest friends supported me on a huge-link sharing binge and, as a result, Dry Stories appeared on the best-selling short stories lists at both Amazon and KOBO. I was obsessed. And boring. Very, very boring. I was especially boring on Twitter.
The highest the book rose on any list was to #4 and never came close to that Neil Gaiman guy's collection of short stories.
Still, the lists captivated me. They were a great distraction. No matter how I am losing in life, there's something about a good list that says "winning anyway".
I haven't had that kind of re-assurance since I was last in school and got report cards that told me how I was performing. Some of us, never really graduate from needing that kind of feedback.
I came of age during the Wayne's World era. Lists, are an important part of how I perceive best to worst on almost every topic that doesn't really matter, but is fun to think about.
"Fun to think about" is key right now. Like most working single mothers, I live a ridiculously stressful life with lots of laughter and fun thanks to my kids (by the way, the older one would like you to subscribe to his YouTube channel, if you please).
To distract myself, I started thinking about my books again. I am not concerned about marketing, but I do love having readers. I get a lot of feedback from readers of the business writing I do for the B2B News Network (B2BNN), but not much from the fiction I write.
My 120 closest friends supported me on a huge-link sharing binge and, as a result, Dry Stories appeared on the best-selling short stories lists at both Amazon and KOBO. I was obsessed. And boring. Very, very boring. I was especially boring on Twitter.
The highest the book rose on any list was to #4 and never came close to that Neil Gaiman guy's collection of short stories.
Still, the lists captivated me. They were a great distraction. No matter how I am losing in life, there's something about a good list that says "winning anyway".
I haven't had that kind of re-assurance since I was last in school and got report cards that told me how I was performing. Some of us, never really graduate from needing that kind of feedback.
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