While I'm not anywhere NEAR these levels of fame that Lauren and Chappell experienced, I did have an experience where I was at a book con for my second time signing, and while I was walking out of the dining room with my mom and sister, someone stopped me to talk to me about my book. It was interesting. Also being the one people ask to take pics with now is an interesting feeling. I watched other authors signing around me, and their lines never seemed to stop. As a newbie, I had a slowwww trickle of readers/potentials approach, but I was exhausted for the high level author sitting beside me as I watched readers fangirl over her. I kept thinking about how relieved my line wasn't doing what hers was, then I had a mini freak out where I thought, "damn...what if one day this does become me? What will I do? How would I handle it?" It's a scary thought. I want readers to connect with what I'm writing, but the idea of losing privacy/anonymity is definitely scary and daunting.
While I'm not anywhere NEAR these levels of fame that Lauren and Chappell experienced, I did have an experience where I was at a book con for my second time signing, and while I was walking out of the dining room with my mom and sister, someone stopped me to talk to me about my book. It was interesting. Also being the one people ask to take pics with now is an interesting feeling. I watched other authors signing around me, and their lines never seemed to stop. As a newbie, I had a slowwww trickle of readers/potentials approach, but I was exhausted for the high level author sitting beside me as I watched readers fangirl over her. I kept thinking about how relieved my line wasn't doing what hers was, then I had a mini freak out where I thought, "damn...what if one day this does become me? What will I do? How would I handle it?" It's a scary thought. I want readers to connect with what I'm writing, but the idea of losing privacy/anonymity is definitely scary and daunting.