Do you sometimes read your own published work?
No!
Why not?
I dread!
Of what?
Howlers!
But the book was certainly edited first and published afterwards, right?
Yes, but when I wrote it I was a different self whom I’d since stripped away. I have now evolved into a better craftsperson. One is getting increasingly finicky!
But what’s that got to do with your very own stuff?
Standing where I am, it’s likely I’ll find it not exactly above par. Perhaps I’d change portions of it given another chance. But that’s not possible now. So I stay away from it!