It’s a bad romance—

Between the art and writer:

Passion fuels writing,

While distressing the author.

It’s sheer fantasy;

A million copies will sell.

Until it goes live…

True? False? Nobody can tell.

A killer suspense:

Will the book succeed or fail?

Check those sales reports;

The numbers will tell the tail.

It’s a mystery:

Who posted that book review?

To figure it out,

One must study every clue.