Taking off on Popmuze's thread,
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155199
about selling or giving away books to relatives, how narcissistic, cheap, or just plain lazy, would it be to clear up your Christmas list by giving your relatives copies of an anthology you are included in?
I've really thought about doing this. Most of my friends and relations could really give a damn about this book, and probably would never buy it, but would probably feel like they had to keep the silly thing around just because I contributed to it. It just kind of feels like giving someone a picture of yourself.
What do you all think?
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155199
about selling or giving away books to relatives, how narcissistic, cheap, or just plain lazy, would it be to clear up your Christmas list by giving your relatives copies of an anthology you are included in?
I've really thought about doing this. Most of my friends and relations could really give a damn about this book, and probably would never buy it, but would probably feel like they had to keep the silly thing around just because I contributed to it. It just kind of feels like giving someone a picture of yourself.
What do you all think?