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Becoming an Indie author isn't like a Disney movie...well not unless the first twenty minutes of Cinderella without the chirruping animated birds...#amreading #amwriting #author #indieauthor #blogging #chicklit

1/23/2015

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It's not a fairy tale. It may seem like it was for some--Sylvia Day, Colleen Hoover, etc-- but even that is a mirage. It's years of hard work that never ends. Writing it hard work. But you don't get to end there. You have to prepare your product for release. And then there is the dreaded promoting it to sell it. Dear heavens, let me have a reader. There is no breakthrough novel without a reader, or ten, or hundred, or thousand...and even then, maybe no breakthrough. Maybe  breakthrough is a mirage.  Maybe forever  we authors will be scrambling to attract and retain readers. It's a competitive business and it's a tough one to be profitable in.  Now, I'm pretty sure Sylvia and Colleen have helpers, but they are still out there everywhere promoting their work at signings, with book clubs and fans etc. At the end of the day every road just leads to work.

It would be nice if the concept of overnight success, the breakthrough novel, that fantasy we had when we were young of being discovered at a McDonald's(darling, it wasn't McDonald's for me, but we'll discuss that later) and becoming an instant STAR adored by all. It would be wonderful if it were true. But alas, it's not.  Even for Sylvia and Colleen. They have to write great work, promote their work, and work...work...work.. sensing a theme here.

So please, next advice  for new authors, don't hang your dreams of the breakthrough novel or unicorns or Hollywood or... having it easy without work. I've known tons of people who have achieved "overnight success" the problem is they worked every day before, they work every day while, and they will work every day tomorrow. Sensing a theme? So dust off your reading glasses and your stamina, use your dreams to fuel your efforts, and throw the hell out those Chic Chick Sunglasses for the Chic books signings. Darling, it is work.

I wish you Peace.

Oh and today I have two Amazon 99cent countdown sales US running: The Signature and One Last Kiss(starts 8am PST).
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