Robert MykleWriters Are Insane. For months we are lone wolves locked in our caves. Then overnight we become publicity hounds. It's a schizophrenic business.
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When an author has a book coming out it is easy to get excited and go crazy. You do interviews, read the book blurb and let your imaginations run wild. But when you get back to reality and start promoting the book, you realize what a big job it is. A writer for a celebrity magazine would say that writers are insane.
It's true that it's very hard for them to let go of the thought of their book and go live life, but they have to do it. And they did it!
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