I’ve had miserable book launches and joyous ones. And the amount of misery or joy had nothing to do with how well the book did.
It had to do with making the decision to enjoy it, rather than to try to control it.
It took me six books, and an escape from traditional publishing, to finally understand this.
There’s a lot out there about post-launch depression…
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