August 2019, Stage 1: Hope You’ve done it. After a lifetime of trying, of having your friends roll their eyes behind your back when you call yourself an author, you’ve done it: some sucker agreed to publish your book. “Kiss my published ass,” you want to taunt your friends, but you don’t, because you’re relying on them to buy copies, read it, and leave glowing reviews on Amazon and Goodreads. The taunts will have to come later. February 2020, Stage 2: Acceptance It’s still happening. You can’t believe it, but your publisher never came to his senses, so your book…
Author: Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman is a journalist and an author whose debut satirical novel, Drowning in the Shallows, was published in April this year. Needless to say, he is now in therapy. He is also a columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald, where he used to work as an editor, and was recently shortlisted for the Lord Mayor’s Creative Awards in Melbourne, Australia, which is where he now talks to his therapist. You can find out more about him at dankaufmanbooks.com.