Surviving the Anxiety of Publishing a Book By Drawing About It
Mandy Len Catron Has Received Some... Questionable Advice
After my book (How to Fall in Love with Anyone) came out last summer, I dealt with all my complicated feelings about the book publicity cycle by posting a series of comics on Instagram. Drawing about the weirdness of the writing life felt much lighter than writing about it. I wanted to address the gap between how the publicity cycle looks on the outside and how it feels on inside. Now that the paperback is on its way, I’m celebrating (and staying sane) by making more comics and actually publishing a few of them here. You can find more at @mandy_len_catron.
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Originally from Appalachian Virginia, Mandy Len Catron now lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Rumpus, and The Walrus, as well as literary journals and anthologies. She writes about love and love stories at The Love Story Project, and she teaches English and creative writing at the University of British Columbia.
