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<\/a><\/p>\nI’m not sure what I expected to feel once the book was released. I was hoping to experience a sense of accomplishment and relief, but instead I have been a nervous wreck. It honestly didn’t occur to me that books take time to read and feedback would not be immediately forthcoming. I have been on pins and needles all week, obsessively checking the Internet for any new mention of Ann Dvorak. I normally sleep like a rock, much to the irritation of my husband who has frequent bouts of insomnia. The tables have been turned and the last few nights have been brutally restless. Last night I had a dream that someone on Goodreads gave me a 3 star review, calling the book “trite compote.” What does that even mean??<\/p>\n
Now, the feedback is slowly starting to filter in. The first Amazon review has been posted, which is not only 5 stars, but is an intelligent and thoughtful appraisal written by someone I do not know. \u00c2\u00a0The other bit of good news came through at around 2am yesterday when Liz Smith’s column<\/a> was posted over at the New York Social Diary.<\/p>\n Liz Smith is an old school gossip columnist so to have her call\u00c2\u00a0Ann Dvorak: Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/a>“recommended movie star reading of the moment” is pretty great. To top that off, Smith likens Ann to Gloria Swanson and posted a four minute clip of Ann and Lana Turner in A<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Life of Her Own<\/strong>,\u00c2\u00a0<\/i><\/a>noting, “Not only does she wipe Lana off the screen, she practically burns a hole through it!”<\/p>\n After I finished the book and was waiting to receive the proofs, I went through I blue period where I wondered if I had devoted too much time to a subject no one cared about. Now that the feedback is starting to filter in, I am realizing more and more that Ann Dvorak was worth every moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 312 I’m not sure what I expected to feel once the book was released. I was hoping to experience a sense of accomplishment and relief, but instead I have been a nervous wreck. It honestly didn’t occur to me that books take time to read and feedback would not be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t