From: Meghan McCarthy <meghanmccarthy007>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:12:21 -0800 (PST)

<<<Does anyone else feel that awards are just part of our capitalistic society... solely urging authors, illustrators, and publishers to complete something that is worthy of an award instead of what their true feelings or thoughts are.>>

Oh, if only all authors could make books that would surely win awards and become bestsellers!

The truth is that making a book takes SO much time and effort (and believe me, there isn't much pay involved) that authors really have to do what they love. To make a book I'll work 15 plus hour days for months to finish it. If I didn't LOVE what I was doing then I wouldn't be able to pull it off (especially when I'm sleep deprived and haven't seen civilization for weeks at a time!)

meghan

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Received on Wed 08 Feb 2006 01:12:21 AM CST