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Becoming a Full-Time Writer is Weird...
Hello, my fellow avid readers! My name is Lis, and my mid-life crisis was to abandon my proverbial career ship and revert to my first love...creative writing. Well into my thirties, I've had a long corporate insurance claims career and a lucrative custom sewing business (making face masks during the COVID pandemic put me in another tax bracket), all while married with three beautiful children. Now that I'm headed off to publish my third (yes, THIRD) book this year, I wanted to share some thoughts on the process.
Becoming an Author Ain't Easy
I am here to encourage you to follow your dreams, and if that dream is to write...well, welcome aboard!
You Got This!
So you've got a story to tell. Yes! Write it down, get it out. Use whatever writing platform you are most comfortable with, whether it be Google Docs, Microsoft Word, or (if you're fancy) WordPress. The key is to pump out that beautiful, chaotic first draft.
Then comes the daunting task of editing, formatting, and actually publishing. Don't even get me started on marketing...
I'm sure you've seen plenty of ads popping up on your feed now that you've decided to give being a writer a go (we see you, Google) concerning editing and publishing services.
That's definitely one way to do it...or you can do it yourself and save a few coins along the way. Marketers of indie published books will charge upwards of $500-5000 just to help you format the manuscript correctly, publish on direct publishing sites such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, etc, then assist with social media ads, SEO, and proper marketing.
A Riveting Tale of Mistake
In the upcoming weeks, I will be sharing my blindly-led publishing journey (and its costs) so all the mistakes I made, you don't have to. We will get up close and personal with each step towards being a (hopefully), successful published writer by avoiding the pitfalls and pit stops in the writing process.
In the meantime, check out my books and please feel free to leave a comment, or share this link with your friends.
See y'all soon!
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