Welcome to the emotional roller coaster. I’m not going to lie to you: for any professional writer, award season is kind of hell on the fingernails. Either you get the nod, and you feel great and validated and briefly loved… or you don’t get the nod, and you are left with the general feeling of insufficiency. Or you don’t let yourself care about it at all, which is both extremely difficult and might mean missing out on opportunities.
So you have/have not been nominated for an award.
So you have/have not been nominated for an…
So you have/have not been nominated for an award.
Welcome to the emotional roller coaster. I’m not going to lie to you: for any professional writer, award season is kind of hell on the fingernails. Either you get the nod, and you feel great and validated and briefly loved… or you don’t get the nod, and you are left with the general feeling of insufficiency. Or you don’t let yourself care about it at all, which is both extremely difficult and might mean missing out on opportunities.