De mythe van de rationele markt

"How cool is that?"

That's the attitude you should adopt to everything you receive from this book. You wrote and published a book. That's a wonderful accomplishment.

One of the reasons that I started posting comments was in order to get used to criticism. When I either get my novels published, publish them myself, or put them on the internet, I want to be able to accept that many readers will find my writing dreadful.

I thought that I'd start by posting comments on politics, economics, etc., domains in which it doesn't bother me that people disagree with me. My novels I take more personally. However, I don't get much criticism, or feedback of any kind, so now I just post because it's my way of being involved, since I'm basically a shut-in. A few people have called me an idiot. Truthfully, it bothered me more than I thought it would.

Having written two and a half novels, I can say that you should happy and proud that you were able to write a book. It's a wonderful feeling. For me, the writing is the actual accomplishment.

This does remind though of the following quote which I always keep in front of me:

Groucho Marx to S J Perelman: “From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”

Having just finished a proof copy version of the book, I can assure everyone it is very thorough.