This is what it’s like on the other side of the promotional book tour. As readers are amused by succumbing to the hype, skimming the interviews, gazing at the pictures and mentioning to their literary peers the impending release of this novel, the author is sometimes avoiding the published interviews and the photographs.
You know, the public kind of distress. And what do you talk to a professional photographer about as you try and pose in your best dignified author stance? Promotional activities sound stressful.
