THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB discussion

I’m sitting on the dock this morning, my fishing rod baited with a shrimp and hoping to catch some lunch when a strange thought occurred to me. Fishing and becoming a successful author are similar activities.

When you’re fishing, you use bait to try and catch a nutritious meal and when you’re an author you use your books to try and catch that elusive something, either an agent, publisher, or just to gain an audience.

With fishing, the quality of bait is directly related to the amount of fish it will attract. An author’s book is like that. Better quality books attract more of an audience. When I throw my fishing bait into the ocean I never know what I will catch, much like writing a book and then putting it out there on the internet for readers to find.

You never know what’s going to happen or how many readers you’re going to attract. That’s why fishing appeals to me almost as much as writing does. The unknown of what may happen, what you may reel in. Or maybe it’s because I’ve been doing a lot of both while on vacation.

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Nice analogy. I am not a writer ( except for letters to relatives), but I am one of the " fish" looking always for a good read.

Hey Judy, maybe one of my books can catch you.