Writing anything, a short story, blog, magazine article, book, is so cerebral. You watch the words appear on the screen in your own private little world. But to have something appear in tangable print, something tactile that has weight, scent (I love the aroma of new books), can be held, stimulates all the senses.
To see your name on the cover of your creation is like being handed a newborn which, for us guys, has been mostly hidden inside our dear ones. The only real connection we experience before the birth is feeling the kicks on her tummy. At the time of birth, everything gets charged and changed.
The excitement of opening the package addressed to you from the publisher, seeing those white pages within, withdrawing the book, the book you’ve toiled so long on writing and editing, editing, editing, editing, (did I mention editing?) and at last, there it is, RIGHT IN YOUR HANDS! (more…)
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