{"id":130,"date":"2012-04-14T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T07:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/?p=130"},"modified":"2012-04-14T00:01:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-14T07:01:49","slug":"scary-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/?p=130","title":{"rendered":"Scary Fishing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

My publisher Jolly Fish Press <\/a>posted this on Facebook<\/a> earlier today:<\/p>\n

“Within a day of Big in Japan’s first press release, the publicity room is a frenzy. None of us are prepared for such an influx of reviewers requests and their slim deadlines. Why are our ARCs not here yet?”<\/em><\/p>\n

In some ways this is super-de-duper exciting, as my friend Kristin<\/a> put it. If there’s\u00a0a lot of interest in the book from\u00a0reviewers, then that means there could be a lot of interest\u00a0from booksellers. There could be lots of interest from\u00a0readers.<\/p>\n

(Well, of COURSE! Because who wouldn’t<\/em> want to read a story about an accidental sumo wrestler<\/a>? Seriously!)<\/p>\n

On the other hand, when those ARCs go out to the reviewers, it’s my heart in their hands ready to get stomped upon.<\/p>\n

The truth is, though, that if I were too sensitive to receive criticism (even lots of negative response) about the book, I never could have sent it out for queries, so I’m steeled. It’s like that Mad Magazine <\/a>spoof from back in the day: “He’s tanned, he’s rested, he’s ready–Nixon in ’88!” I’m tanned (farmer-tanned), I’m rested (at least in the morning), I’m ready (like a Little Cesar’s pizza).<\/p>\n

Bring on the reviewers. Let the sumo begin.<\/p>\n\n

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