A Love Letter from Emily White to her Readers: It's a month for love and there's nothing I love more about the publishing life than meeting new readers. That's why, a few months ago, I made a pretty huge announcement. I doubt it had any far-reaching effects. And I seriously doubt many people even heard about it. But I want everyone to know: After doing ALL the things and checking off ALL the lists, I never really felt like I'd accomplished anything in my career. I'd grown up dreaming about signing a contract with a publishing company, and I did that. But after that was done, I dreamt about the next contract, and having my books read around the world, and maybe hitting a bestseller list. And I did all that. But still not so much happiness. I had moments of happiness. Of absolute joy, even. And it hit me last November that those moments came when I was meeting new readers or getting emails from them. They came in certain minutes of the day when a...
There are people with more shoes than books? I probably have like... two pairs of shoes. Okay, two pairs of shoes I wear regularly. I reread more books than that in a year.
ReplyDeleteYes to all of these! No. 9 is the worst.
ReplyDelete#1613 happens too often!
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I relate to almost all of these!
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/31/top-ten-tuesday-257/
Ha!
ReplyDeleteLove it.
Love the memes you used to showcase book nerdiness
The oddest thing is when others find these things odd. It's my normal.
ReplyDeleteHere's mine: 25 Outrageous Things I've Done for the Love of Books
https://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2019/04/25-outrageous-things-ive-done-for-love.html
I've done #444 more times than I can count. :D
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I love the visuals with the statements. So true!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, that last one made me laugh! I absolutely have my library card memorized. I've never seen anyone else type their number into the checkout kiosk, but I always do :)
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT!
I've got my library card memorized, but in my defense I actually work at a library so sometimes that comes in handy.
ReplyDeleteCheck out my TTT and my March Read Harder Challenge Update
I work at the Library too :)
DeleteYes, this book lover DEFINITELY has more books than shoes.
ReplyDeleteHere is my top ten tuesday list