On writerly delusions, starting with my own

This is, in some ways, a continuation of the last post, because these are the types of things I think about when I should be writing.

Before I started writing for publication -- as opposed to writing the things that I would never try to get published -- I equated good with sales. This is in part because I didn't pay attention to bestseller lists or in-store placement when I was choosing a book; I chose a book I wanted to read. Anything else seemed irrelevant. I had no idea what numbers which novels had garnered, nor did I care. If I loved it, it must be selling.

When I started writing for publication, I knew, as all writers know (yes this is irony) that if I wrote a book that was good enough, people would love it, and their love would translate into popularity and sales.
( I said this was about writerly delusions, didn't I? )