Fellow authors, what is the hardest part about being an author?
Fellow authors, what is the hardest part about being an author?
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Fellow authors, what is the hardest part about being an author?
Being an author?
I’m not an author btw
Finding the time to finish writing and stop procrastinating.
Marketing is pretty much my enemy
sales
To put words to paper as you see it in your head. I can make countless times when I meant one word but put another and it threw off the whole dynamic of the scene.
Getting published.
Being proud to be self published and no one being interested in your book
Same
Scratch that, not disinterest but lack of follow up (reviews, etc.)
All of it!
promotion !!!
Same
People leaving reviews.
This???
Agreed
Are there famous authors who started out as self-published?
I believe stephen king was originally self published.
His first 3 novels flopped. He got a $400,000 advance for CARRIE, though. Age 27. The most-heard example of an Indie making good these days is Andy Weir, author of THE MARTIAN.
Andy Weir
Hugh Howey
David Wong
Jeff Menapace is still indie
Blake Crouch
There’s tons of them, but these are the ones off the top of my head.
Marketing!
The next one.
Like so many others–marketing. Oy, I so wish we could do without this part!
Learning to accept what you have no control over…basically I think the serenity prayer applies to the writing life very well!!
Marketing
I’m all new to it and I’d have to say all of it:/
Getting out of the way and letting my characters tell their stories.
Promoting your work is a definite problem, especially if you are naturally shy.
This is my biggest problem
Marketing
Selling your book.
It takes a long time for your time to be worth the money. And for some people, even amazing authors, it never is.
Marketing. Yep, yep. Hearing the crickets chirp.
Writing………..yup that’s the hardest part