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Elizabeth DiAlto's avatar

Whew. Was with my girl Tamela Gordon from Row House last night and we were talking about this!! I released a self published book last week (fiction). 107 people had signed up to be early readers and leave reviews on pub day. I’m looking at ~25 reviews on Amazon. Not to mention the folks who are sending me private notes and pics with the book, but not sharing it anywhere. (this is not to discount the people that are truly going hard in the paint for the book, it's just very disproportional as you mentioned). There are so many ways in which consumers of the arts do not comprehend how intense it is to first, create things, and then to have to continuously be asking for support, always only receive a fraction of what is promised or indicated, then have to do it all over again for every creation. This shit is not for the weary! Happy to add We Alive, Beloved to my shelf next to Patriarchy Blues and Better Than We Found It 🤓✨

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TK's avatar

Thank you for this clarity and transparency! I not only preordered, I added 5 more to give as gifts.

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