The Bond Between Author & Reader.
Last Friday was the official release of my book. I celebrated with an online poetry evening on Instagram together with my good friend Andrew Horner of @Talesofthenook
It was a good evening and at the end I had the chance to look back at the past two years and reflect on the path that took me to finally realising a dream. I hope I don’t take another 58 years to publish my second book.
The next morning I woke to find out that a few books had actually been purchased and I felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude. The author invests time and energy into putting together a book for publishing, however, the whole process really comes to fruition with that first purchase.
I feel extremely humbled by the fact that someone thought that my work was worth purchasing, and hopefully worth reading too. The relationship between the poet and the reader is a special one. The former dedicates themselves to their craft, often tapping into personal experiences as inspiration, and the latter takes the time to enter the mind of the poet, and react to their work.
I really look forward to receiving feedback from anyone who gets their hands on my book. Whether in the form of a review or a simple message. I hope that some of them will be positive but I am prepared to take the negative as well. Life is not all roses after all.
Once again, I would sincerely like to thank anyone who has purchased my book, and anyone who will in the future. I really appreciate your support
Steve
Stephen Buttigieg - Words 