Erin, the redhead says: What’s the biggest misconception about being an author?
Oooh, tough one. Honestly, there seem to be quite a few misconceptions out there. Here are just a few: 1. That all writers are rich. 2. Conversely, that all writers are poor. 3. That getting published is the hard part (actually, staying published is infinitely more difficult). 4. That it’s glamorous. 5. That it’s easy. But the more I think about it, I’d have to say the single-biggest misconception is that people believe authors have way, way, way, way more power/control than we actually have. With the notable exception of maybe three authors in the world (JK Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, and maybe James Patterson) we don’t control where we go on tour, or what the covers of our books look like, and we absolutely, positively do not have the power to “make” our books into movies. Don’t get me wrong, most of us wish we had the kind of power to control those things… But we don’t. .
