“I feel sometimes like a book tour is a slow series of humiliations and that if you're strong you'll come out of it OK.” IfsFeelsBookSometimesStrongSeriesHumiliation Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“I know publishing now more as an author than with occasional peaks inside those elite offices than as an industry insider. It was difficult publishing a novel the first time around, while working behind the scenes, knowing all that has to happen to make a book a success and to still make the leap as an author.” KnowsFirstsStillsBookHappensDifficultBehindsNovelKnowingIndustrySceneOfficeFirst TimeLeapElitesPublishingOccasionalBehind The ScenesInsidersWorking Behind The Scenes Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“I think publishing's strength is also its weakness. It's got such a rich and celebrated history as an industry. For the most part, publishing people are incredibly creative, business is done based on the strength of relationships, and the product being peddled is books.” PeopleThinkingBookDoneCreativeRichProductsIndustryWeaknessPublishingCreative Business Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“I think we think that parenthood is confined to the country of mothers, but I think a lot of the men I've spoken to and the men who have read my books - I've been surprised by this actually - have a fierce attachment to being parents and to being fathers. And just as we, a lot of women I know, want this, men too want to pass down what they have to pass down.” ThinkingKnowsMenWantBookCountryMotherFatherParentHe ManAttachmentParenthoodFierceConfinedBeing A ParentBeing A Father Author:Jennifer Gilmore