How long does it take?

[hrj]

So evidently the answer to the above question is "two years".** Two years from the publication of Daughter of Mystery to the point where I feel like my books have self-sustaining traction. (Not entirely self-sustaining, obviously.) So here's my commitment: when a bout of book-depression starts (and it will start, I can't help that), I will whisper to myself "February 2016" in the same way that my mantra against nobody-loves-me-land is "25th Laurelversary".

**Your mileage may vary. Results are not typical. No warranty is included.

Comments

[hrj.livejournal.com]

I wish I had a mantra that I could share. The only one that eventually worked for me was an experience I could hold up and say, "This--this proves that people really do like me." And that can only be individual. One might say I shouldn't have needed concrete proof, but there seemed to be so much proof in the other direction that needed to be countered.

[beth-bernobich.livejournal.com]

One might say I shouldn't have needed concrete proof, but there seemed to be so much proof in the other direction that needed to be countered.

I know that feeling.

I also know I love your books. :)

[shaunacarrick.livejournal.com]

oh, how well I know that feeling! I, too, have to remember both my 'insta-bird, just add water' Pelican surprise and my 'you will come to Grand Court' Estrella War Court Barony before I became Laurel Sov in 2004. Having people who NEVER come to court be there to see it was extra-special.