It’s not easy being a writer.
At least it isn’t for me. It involves a lot of lonely hours, days, weeks months, and…etc. That’s the beginning. A writer needs these qualities: inspiration, perseverance, the gift of telling a good story.
The IWSG is an amazing blogging group, and much much more, and offers everyone support when needed. All a writer has to do is sign up, and the hard part is—putting yourself out there.
My writing journey began many years ago, and I went through an inordinate amount of mistakes along the arduous path. For me, who never took a college course in creative writing, I learned the old fashion way by reading, reading, reading, and hitting the internet to learn the process of what’s next.
The querying process is difficult and depressing. It's imperative that a querying writer develops a suit of armor. I had acquired a newbie agent, at that time. (now she’s doing well) She couldn’t sell two of my manuscripts. I eventually published with a wonderful small press. They still have two of my books, and I got the rights back for all the rest.
After many years, I am now happy being a self-published author. I like the control I have over my books, but still despise the marketing aspect. Even a traditional author has to market their books.
Needless to say, self-publishing costs $. I always recommend a professional editor, cover artist, and formatter. You can publish without these essentials, but I wouldn’t recommend it.
With that said, what say you? What are your quandaries concerning the writing process and so on?
Have you considered Self-Publishing?
Working with a Small Press?
Querying until the cow jumps over the moon… 😃
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