"I don’t have any kids, but I imagine that “writing a book” is right up there with “having a kid” in the pantheon of things that have the biggest gap between how much you care about them and how much the rest of the world cares about them."
As someone who has done both, this is an apt comparison in that your closest people will make a hug…
"I don’t have any kids, but I imagine that “writing a book” is right up there with “having a kid” in the pantheon of things that have the biggest gap between how much you care about them and how much the rest of the world cares about them."
As someone who has done both, this is an apt comparison in that your closest people will make a huge deal out of it for the first, like, week and then kind of go back to normal while your life feels quite different. Though the book hype dies down (in my case) quickly (I hope yours will last longer) and the kid chaos stays... well, indefinitely. In any case, congrats on the book!
"I don’t have any kids, but I imagine that “writing a book” is right up there with “having a kid” in the pantheon of things that have the biggest gap between how much you care about them and how much the rest of the world cares about them."
As someone who has done both, this is an apt comparison in that your closest people will make a huge deal out of it for the first, like, week and then kind of go back to normal while your life feels quite different. Though the book hype dies down (in my case) quickly (I hope yours will last longer) and the kid chaos stays... well, indefinitely. In any case, congrats on the book!