https://webbish6.com/new-review-of-the-robot-scientists-daughter-and-a-little-letdown/ Jeannine Hall Gailey's Poetry Blog Fri, 24 Apr 2015 23:12:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://webbish6.com/new-review-of-the-robot-scientists-daughter-and-a-little-letdown/#comment-3850 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 21:20:44 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=4892#comment-3850 Yes, one of the weird things about the last few months is I’ve only written two poems – I usually average a couple a month at least, and that hasn’t been happening – maybe because I’ve been focusing energy on other stuff? Anyway, I always get in a bad mood when I’m not writing.
It is strange to talk about these phenomenon because others might be “Why is she down? She should feel great! She’s so lucky! Etc.” I remember thinking the same as you – oh, if I can only get my first book out, then I’ll be happy. Then it was “if I can only get the next three books published, then I’ll be happy.” But the thing is, I don’t think many people feel awesome right after they, say, graduate, or publish a book, or any big accomplishment, because we build things up so much in our minds that the reality always feels a little “wah-wahhh.”

]]> https://webbish6.com/new-review-of-the-robot-scientists-daughter-and-a-little-letdown/#comment-3849 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 21:16:03 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=4892#comment-3849 I totally know that feeling and cycle through it after every accomplishment. The only thing that helps me is to think: it’s gotta be about the writing itself. Writing has to be the source of happiness, because publishing never will. In 2008, after all, I thought publishing a book at all might be an impossible dream, and if I ever did I’d never complain again…

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