Today I had an experience that I have never encountered before. I found myself being witnes to a discusion about my novel. Certainly, I have participated in discusions with people that have read my book. Today was diffrent. People that have been reading my book were discussing elements of the plot. Watching the work through some of their ideas about where the story is going, as well as what they have read was really cool. The two people have just begun my book and are only a small portion into it. I look forward to seeing them read and hearing what more they think as the story unfolds. It is a little like being a voyeristic author who watched his book being disected by a book club.
As I write, the idea of the reader is always present. What will the reader think? How will the reader respond to things that happen in the stroy. I have never considered what it would be like for multiple readers who are reading the book at the same time. I myself often find myself discussing books with other people, bouncing ideas off of others as we read. Never had I considered my own book being the object of discussion. I feel like I have crossed a milestone.
As I have published this book, I keep finding new milestones as I go through the process. Things like the first person to read it, the first time I was asked to sign a copy, and now today, the first time I see people in discusion of my book. The next milestone I can look forward to would be for the first stranger to read it. I am sure I wqill discover more milestones as time progresses.
It is all very interesting. I seem to be enjoying the ride.

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