Recently I got a review for Hot Shot in which the reviewer said she’d planned to read my book for a bit and ended up staying up until 4 in the morning to finish it! Now there’s a compliment every writer dreams about. I value sleep above all, and to cost someone theirs is a real ego boost!
Monday I was walking down the hall at school and the custodian said, “You’re losing weight!” Now,
it was inservice day and I was wearing the closest things to pajamas I dare wear in public, exercise pants (which did fit a little looser now that I think about it) and a t-shirt. I don’t think she’s right, but it was good to hear.
The other day I was talking to a writer friend and she said I was her inspiration. I never gave up over the long long long road to publication (or with Hot Shot, which has been down the most tortuous path a book can take.) She won’t give up her quest for publication because I didn’t. That’s pretty humbling.
What’s the best compliment you’ve received lately?
MJ, that was one fantastic review! Nothing better than depriving a reader of sleep!
Okay, best compliment this week: “You’re the kindest person in this whole city.” Okay, it’s a pretty podunk little city, and the compliment came from a Hare Krishna monk after I gave him a place to sleep for 5 days. Context is everything. But still…
Best writing compliment – along the same lines as yours, MJ. “I had other things planned for the day before I picked up your book.”
Norah (a HUGE Hot Shot fan)
I also had a reader tell me she’d stayed up until 1 o’clock in the morning reading my book. But the best comment so far has been from a male friend of my sister’s who said he’d read 30 pages in one sitting and that he hadn’t read so much in a long time!
The best compliment I’ve gotten lately is you talking about my review of Hot Shot.
I don’t think I did anything other than talk about a great book I read.
So when’s the next one coming?
Rachel C
Norah, that IS a great compliment! And I believe it absolutely!
Lupe! That had to feel so good! And your book definitely lends itself to that, believe me!
Rachel, thanks for coming by! You seriously don’t know how much your words meant to me. And I’m working as quickly as I can on the next!