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Sophie Mackintosh & Rebecca Watson: Cursed Bread
London Review Bookshop Podcast
The Importance of Having a Thick Skin
I think at first it's absolutely terrifying that anyone would not like what you've written and it feels really painful. But then it's like, yeah, actually like nothing's going to be for everyone. In a way, it's kind of nice to not be able to please everyone because it means you're doing something a bit different. Sometimes at parties, my best friend will go on to Amazon and look at my one star reviews and if I've had some drinks, he'll get them to read them up. And they'll sort of dramatic monologue,. Forces, I was very happy. You know, obviously your writing is so steeped and like bodily autonomy, it's very visceral
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Speaker 2
But no, I do, I do do what I think by this point, again, like three books in a
Speaker 1
hurry. I kind of like don't really mind so much. And I kind of, I think at first, you know, it's like,
Speaker 2
you know, when you have your Facebook
Speaker 1
out, it's absolutely terrifying that anyone would not like what you've written and it feels really painful. But then it's like, yeah, actually
Speaker 2
like nothing's going to be for everyone.
Speaker 1
In a way, it's kind of nice to not be able to please everyone because it means you're doing something a bit different, I think, or, you know, obviously, if everyone hated my books, that would be like not good. But I think to
Speaker 2
have developed a bit of a thick skin and to be able to understand like, really, sometimes it's not me, sometimes it's like, or sometimes it is me. It actually doesn't matter if it is me. Yeah, it's completely fine. Yeah. Sounds very healthy. Sometimes at parties, my best friend will go on to Amazon and look at my one star reviews and if I've had some drinks, he'll get them to
Speaker 5
read them up.
Speaker 2
And they'll sort of dramatic
Speaker 5
monologue. Forces, I was very happy.
Speaker 3
I was just thinking, it's like curveball, but when you mention your mum and then a made eye contact
Speaker 2
with her, hello. Well, I just know, I
Speaker 3
think it's right that your dad is a jeep, I could discuss. Your dad is a GP and your mum was a nurse. Yeah? Yeah. I mean, do you think like the jobs have had any influence on you? I'm just thinking because like, obviously you're writing is so steeped and like bodily autonomy, it's very visceral and there is like, I don't know, a very much an awareness of like the physical nature of our lives. And that sounds very fluffy, but I'm just throwing at you anyway. It's toward the thing that I've had in your face. I can't actually look at my parents at this book because I'm
Speaker 2
going to just start laughing.
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