DUCT TAPE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT. Here’s some non-sugar-coated truth for #aspiringauthors I’ve had two Kindle International best selling books, but the money I made went right back into Advertising and creating more visibility for my business, along with creating book covers and hiring editors. Excess after that has gone into a fund for our daughters education, a new back deck, a couple nice family trips. But it is definitely not enough to support a family, a mortgage, and car payments yearly. Amazon “best-selling genre” and #40 in the Kindle Store overall was amazing to realize! it’s an accomplishment, but it does not mean that person is swimming in money. Book writers hardly ever make a decent living. We can supplement our income by writing for businesses and magazines, and I do this, however a lot of my time is spent managing my book business, so there’s not a lot of time for the other kinds of writing. I love what I do, and have no regrets because I eased into this full-time fiction writing career, but people who want to write books should not quit their day jobs! Give it a couple of years before you make that leap. There are always unforeseen expenses when you’re an author, such as my lovely computer falling apart this summer, and with too many renovation and back to school expenses this month, we’ve decided it’s not a priority right now. So what do I do? I Wear blue to match my blue duct-taped computer screen 🤣feeling grateful it’s still miraculously working, and I spend hours every day writing my next novel. I’m still trying to sell my most recent novel, and after five months of efforts I just try to keep the faith that it’s going to happen, because I put lots of love into that novel. Movie deals have been floated and are still a big ? There are a lot of slow and uncertain periods in this business. You need to be resilient. Don’t give up your day job, or your night job, But also don’t give up hope that you can make money as a writer, because it is possible. You’ll have blue days! But it’s possible. #authorlife #authorsofinsta #keepthefaith #entrepreneurlife #entrepreneurship #publishinglife #publishingsuccessstory #publishingtips #writingcommunity
