Briefly: Recommendations | Join my Patreon Community Hello, ‘Give me the wavering folk over the blithely confident any time.’ My most dreaded moment has come in the book publication cycle - I have to write my acknowledgements. This page of ‘thank yous’ at the back of a book causes me a disproportionate amount of torment every time. That is not because I don’t feel grateful - rather, it’s because I worry that I won’t express my gratitude in the right way, or nearly enough.
This made me chuckle, because I always read the acknowledgments. I like to because it feels like a window into the world of the author and the process of writing.
As someone who aspires to someday write a book, I find myself daydreaming about what I may say in that section, when I read them in published books. (Nerd alert).
I am nearing the time for writing my (first ever) acknowledgements page for my (first yet) book, and I didn't imagine anyone felt the uncertainty/anxiety I feel over it. So nice to be not-alone in these things! I've wondered, even, if I could leave the page out entirely. Or only say: to almost everyone I've ever met: thank you. Thinking the latter would not go over well, though, ha ha.
This made me chuckle, because I always read the acknowledgments. I like to because it feels like a window into the world of the author and the process of writing.
As someone who aspires to someday write a book, I find myself daydreaming about what I may say in that section, when I read them in published books. (Nerd alert).
I am nearing the time for writing my (first ever) acknowledgements page for my (first yet) book, and I didn't imagine anyone felt the uncertainty/anxiety I feel over it. So nice to be not-alone in these things! I've wondered, even, if I could leave the page out entirely. Or only say: to almost everyone I've ever met: thank you. Thinking the latter would not go over well, though, ha ha.
And thank you for sharing the poor man’s feast👊🏻
The paragraph that starts with “doubt is the way we grow...” ✨
This has me smiling and snapping and saying, “wow, yes, true,” to no one in particular. Katherine, thank you.