Megan Abbott

I love hearing about people who have been doing this for decades, because I have not.

And even though I came into publishing, like older, like as a mature student, when I went back to school, and I was learning, and I wasn't a kid straight out of college, I think that

It's this weird disconnect between like, so many of my friends are so young, but at the same time, I've lived many lives.

And when I hear from someone who's older, like, this is the reality, but it works out.

It can feel very inspiring and encouraging.

Yeah, I think that's right.

No, I think that's exactly right.

And you just sort of, you get kind of shock guards about it when you've been through it a few times and

You know, it's, it does work out and opportunities that you just as sort of probably you can't anticipate their opportunities and exciting new things that you can't anticipate.

Oh my gosh, I love that.

So what's your favorite thing about being an author and your least favorite thing?

Okay, well, so I'll do the positive one second.

So we get a least favorite.

Oh, gosh, I suppose I, you know, I still carry, I mean, I can't believe this, given I've written like 12 books or something, so much anxiety, publication, I never stops being anxious for me.

And I really try to

shutter my, so, you know, I don't read reviews.

I don't go on Goodreads.

I do on, you know, which is, I'm sure the thing you always tell all your authors, never go on Goodreads because you, you know, and I, so I really try to just like lock down and,

And think about connecting to readers and on tour, which is always so great, you know, and to not get lost in the stuff I can't control.

But every time it happens, you know, every time I find it very fraught and nerve wracking, you know, most writers are basically introverts.