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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, plot twist!

I’m the author. My friends have given polite, vague congratulations, minus one who told me who awful the book is.

Was just curious if the rest were lying, and it seems like they were. Pretty depressed now.
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First of all, congratulatilns!

Second, your friends are d*cks.

Third, I think it's really normal to feel like you are after publication. There's so much excitement building up to publication - then the book is out. And now what. For some people, there's the excitement of putting out a runaway success (or even a mild success). And for many of us it's some small moments of exhilaration and a lot of feeling like, huh, I thought it would be bigger. Instead of feeling like a great success, you feel like a failure - now you're not on the bestseller list, your friends aren't gushing over you constantly, strangers aren't stopping you on the street, no major movie company optioned you, no publisher is begging you for your next book. It's a lot of work, a lot of buildup - and then a lot of quiet.

I hope you're having some moments of joy and excitement in this. It really is a big deal to get a book published. Your friends may not know that you need some gushing right now - but tell someone you trust that you do. A spouse, a parent, a best friend - someone who will take you out and tell you how great you are and how proud they are. [/quote]

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