Almost all my travel this year has been on someone else's dime. Else I'd be in the poorhouse. But it's a terrible irony that as you become more successful (and need help less) publishers and cons start paying for more and more of your expenses. It's unavoidable, really, but when you need the help most you're least likely to get it.
I think this is really interesting though--book tours are still more common for realist writers, but we have the con circuit and they don't. I don't know. It's beyond exhausting--I can't even begin to describe what it takes out of you to do long bouts of appearances and PR, but complaining sounds shitty, because hey, you have a book, and are able to promote.
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Date: 2011-07-26 06:37 pm (UTC)I think this is really interesting though--book tours are still more common for realist writers, but we have the con circuit and they don't. I don't know. It's beyond exhausting--I can't even begin to describe what it takes out of you to do long bouts of appearances and PR, but complaining sounds shitty, because hey, you have a book, and are able to promote.