Austin Kleon
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And it was such a hard process this time.
I said, I just want to hold it and say,
yeah, this is what I wanted to do.
And then whatever happens, like, I don't care.
And that happened this morning.
It literally was on my front porch, like, my editor sent me a copy.
And I held it and I said, yeah, pretty good.
And that was the champagne moment, you know?
But that was kind of like, that's the biggest thing in my life
that I've tried to figure out is, and so many people have said this from like, Roxane Gay says this, my friend Ryan Holiday says this, is it's like, there's such a difference between writing and publishing.
You really have to focus on the things that you can control.
And when you're a writer, the only thing you can control is what's in between those pages.
You know, that cover of that book.
What's in the pages?
Did you get it down?
Did you do a good job?
Were you clear?
Were you fun?
Were you helpful?
Were you entertaining?