I love your inclusion of places you've read and where you got your books! It's too late for me as I've gone through and donated so many books over my lifetime, many of them library rentals, not to be written in. Keep up the good work Dr. Aubin!
"I also read probably 30-40 disgusting romance novels but we don’t need to talk about those." We could, though :) Honestly, I could use some recs.
I've long felt there was something deeply narcissistic about writing, and even moreso about publishing. Not in a bad way. What a perfect articulation of this idea: To write, also, is "to believe that you are worth knowing about." Yes, it me.
To be fair, I actually could talk all day about my unexpected romance novel rabbithole! Feel free to DM me here or on Twitter!
And yes - I also think the narcissism is fundamental to writing. You have to believe your thoughts are worth hearing to someone other than yourself, which demonstrates a real strength of ego. I think it's balanced out by the fact that in doing so, you also open yourself up to immense critique, which can immediately dampen any overinflation that happened during the writing process.
I love your inclusion of places you've read and where you got your books! It's too late for me as I've gone through and donated so many books over my lifetime, many of them library rentals, not to be written in. Keep up the good work Dr. Aubin!
It's never too late!!
"I also read probably 30-40 disgusting romance novels but we don’t need to talk about those." We could, though :) Honestly, I could use some recs.
I've long felt there was something deeply narcissistic about writing, and even moreso about publishing. Not in a bad way. What a perfect articulation of this idea: To write, also, is "to believe that you are worth knowing about." Yes, it me.
To be fair, I actually could talk all day about my unexpected romance novel rabbithole! Feel free to DM me here or on Twitter!
And yes - I also think the narcissism is fundamental to writing. You have to believe your thoughts are worth hearing to someone other than yourself, which demonstrates a real strength of ego. I think it's balanced out by the fact that in doing so, you also open yourself up to immense critique, which can immediately dampen any overinflation that happened during the writing process.