25 August 2014
Sure, going on a book tour sounds glamorous. But not if, like many writers, you're paying for it yourself, running the gauntlet of grotty hotel rooms and angry-or even worse-non-existent readers.
We writers love to complain. If we're not complaining about rejections or small advances, we're probably complaining about bad reviews, poor sales, a sloppy editor, a worthless agent, writer's block, impotence, hair loss, hangover, Amazon and/or a partner who has grown tired of our complaining. But few things inspire more howling from writers than that post-publication Bataan death march known as the book tour.