The blog post for this month is something I've been thinking about a lot lately. I saw this writer video on YouTube, and it was talking about how if you wanted to write full time then just go ahead and do it. I'll admit that working and writing at the same time isn't easy, but I don't think it's as easy as they made it out to be. Or at least that was the impression that I got from it. I would love to write full time because that's my end goal, however, I think or it's best if I have a steady writing income first. That, of course, comes with time and so it seems that I'll have to balance the two until I get to a more financially secure situation. I've heard a lot of self-published writers talking about how they just quit their jobs and just starting writing full-time and somehow it all worked out, but I guess I'm just not there yet. It would be nice to have enough time to do the marketing and promotion that I would like to do, and that's hard to do when you're working 40 hours a week. I admit it is tiring and there's so much to do. When they tell you if you want to write, then write, they never mention all the other things that comes with it. I just want to create stories and publish books, not spend most of my time in marketing and bookkeeping, but I guess that's a gripe every self-published author has. Anyway, it is what it is for now, and I'll make it when the time is right.
Until next time...
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The post for today is thanks to some research I had to do for my new mystery book. I've used this book before for information about police procedures and detective information, but when I went back through it the other day, I was amazed at all the information I had forgotten or overlooked. It's amazing how you can read a book more than once and still learn something from it. I guess that comes from the fact that your brain can only absorb so much information at a time. Anyway, it was very helpful and sorted a lot of my questions out for my book. The part that I really find helpful is when it illustrates how the TV writers get it wrong and how it actually happens. Not that I'm looking to write a true crime story, but I would like to put a "real feel" into my books as much as possible. I've about got my story outlined and now I need to find some time to actually start writing it. Tell Me Everything is done, so I just have to get through the editing and finalizing all the details. The audiobook of Killer Deception is taking longer than I thought, but when you've never done something before it's hard to know how much time and energy it will take...but I'll get there eventually. Anyway, some projects are progression and others are getting there.
Until next time.... I have finally posted the reader review for Into the Storm on my website. I am so happy because of how great the review was. I have been waiting for the review sheet to be returned, and since it is hard to get readers to leave reviews, I try not to push too hard. I will say that reviews are so helpful to me, as an author, and they give me a boost of encouragement. Hearing what readers think of my books, fiction or non-fiction, is really important to me. The review was more thorough than I had anticipated, which turned out to be a nice surprise. So, if you're looking for a new devotional or if you're in the middle of a storm and you don't know how to handle it, then check out my book, Into the Storm as we walk through several examples. Click here to check it out.
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AuthorA North Carolina author who published her first novel, Killer Deception, in 2020. She doesn't profess to be a professional blogger, just a writer with many thoughts. Archives
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