This whole blogging thing is still too new for me. I have been browsing the web and reading some very interesting things that authors (especially newbies like me) have to learn first.
One, we have to have thick skin and be able to take criticism very well down this narrowed path. It is almost too difficult for any new authors to carve another path out of a such a narrowed road.
Second, as an independent author you have to work TWO TIMES harder than others. You have to write a good book because the people who are buying your book will most definitely judge you on the very first thing they read. So if your book is not up to par then you've lost them. On the other hand, if you are a seasoned author with a fan base like J K Rowling (not bad-mouthing her because I am inspired by her) and you so happen to write one not-so-good book that happens to not be well received, your readers are not likely to drop you like a rock.
As a self-published author I can say that writing my YA fantasy FALLEN is one thing (much easier) but getting it out to potential readers is a whole different game (extremely harder). You can use social networking like a blog (like this one) but with no followers it might seem futile.
Twitter? Same.
Facebook? Same.
Instagram? pinterest? Blah, blah, blah. All the same.
But am I going to stop? NO, because if I give up than I have already given in. Can you imagine if some of our greatest minds had given up as well? Like Thomas Edison? If he did than I wouldn't be able to use the lights in my room or type on this computer.
So to everyone who reads this blog (author or not) hang in there.
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