You saw the post I wrote a long time ago about career envy, didn't you? (Interestingly enough, I note that I wrote it right after a Minicon.) And perhaps you heard the story Jane herself told about her first signing, when she sat next to Robert Silverberg and . . . I don't remember. Another "burg." And Robert Silverberg's wife felt so bad for her because no one was coming up to have her books signed, whereas the line was out the door for the other two that she ducked over to the dealer's table to buy one of Jane's books to have her sign it so that she wouldn't feel so bad.
I adore Jane as a person and admire her writing; it's not that I'm resenting her success; it's that I'd like some of my own! (I don't think that success is a zero sum game: i.e., in order for me to have some, she has to fail.) I suppose part of the reason I didn't feel the greatest, too, was that I was reflecting that Jane has worked awfully hard to deserve that success (all those books she's written) and I, on the other hand, was reaping the just reward of the lazy slacker. No one was coming up to have my book signed because I haven't had a new one out for years. Does that make sense?
Anyway, career envy is something I'm aware of, that I'm not proud of, that I struggle against. At any rate, my career envy is no reason for you not to get your books signed! I love to get books signed, myself. Rob and I have hundreds of signed books in our house.
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Don't feel bad!
Date: 2005-03-30 12:57 pm (UTC)I adore Jane as a person and admire her writing; it's not that I'm resenting her success; it's that I'd like some of my own! (I don't think that success is a zero sum game: i.e., in order for me to have some, she has to fail.) I suppose part of the reason I didn't feel the greatest, too, was that I was reflecting that Jane has worked awfully hard to deserve that success (all those books she's written) and I, on the other hand, was reaping the just reward of the lazy slacker. No one was coming up to have my book signed because I haven't had a new one out for years. Does that make sense?
Anyway, career envy is something I'm aware of, that I'm not proud of, that I struggle against. At any rate, my career envy is no reason for you not to get your books signed! I love to get books signed, myself. Rob and I have hundreds of signed books in our house.