leopardgeckoz asked: What do you find to be the most tedious part of writing a story (not including the part where you have to physically write it) ?
The part where you sign your name on sheets of paper thousands of times, in order that they can be bound into books which will now be signed books.
THAT’S how they do it? I’m disappointed.
It’s how you do it if the books are signed prepublication, and if they are signed by lots of people. Sending 2000 sheets of paper around the world to be signed is cheaper and easier than sending 2000 books.
Here’s me signing 1200 books, though. We do that too. It’s not quite as bad because there are other people around.
hufubleh asked: Why is it when you sign books its an autograph but when I do its destruction of property?
That’s a really hard one, and may need a lot of explaining. Let’s start at the beginning: When a person loves another person they give each other a very special kind of hug, and some months later they might well have a baby. This baby will either grow up to a) write books or b) not write books. In the former case, if the baby (now grown up) signs the book she or he has written it is considered a gesture of connection between the author and the reader. In the latter case, if the not-an-author signs a book written by someone else, it is regarded as an act of defacement.
Of course, sometimes things turn upside down. Joe Orton went to prison for defacing library books and THEN became a famous playwright, so the library books he defaced were, it was then realised, rare art and they eventually went onto display in the library that had originally reported him to the police. So these things change.
I hope this clarifies the matter.
