Back in the Middle Ages, I was a publicity assistant at Ballantine/Del Rey. There are authors whose books I will still not read--not just not buy, won't even take out of the library--because, as much younger authors, they made the mistake of being rude to a much younger me and/or to my boss. Being a published writer myself now, I understand they were probably as overstressed and underslept as I was, but you bet that if I were still in publishing, I'd be putting a lot less energy into books by the person who swore at me when I was a powerless 22-year-old living on ramen because I loved books so damn much I was willing to do so to get his/her damn book out to the masses!
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Date: 2006-03-15 01:58 pm (UTC)Back in the Middle Ages, I was a publicity assistant at Ballantine/Del Rey. There are authors whose books I will still not read--not just not buy, won't even take out of the library--because, as much younger authors, they made the mistake of being rude to a much younger me and/or to my boss. Being a published writer myself now, I understand they were probably as overstressed and underslept as I was, but you bet that if I were still in publishing, I'd be putting a lot less energy into books by the person who swore at me when I was a powerless 22-year-old living on ramen because I loved books so damn much I was willing to do so to get his/her damn book out to the masses!