I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.
Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
It's not at all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as much for the next one. I don't worry about that because I try to worry about the one single part of the job I can control: the writing of the book. If I do that well, I feel, good tidings generally will