Emily Hodson's Blog - Posts Tagged "pretty-unlikely-trilogy"

It's Hard Being A Writer.

It is. It really is. I've been writing since the age of 5 and I'm now near 21. I'm getting education in Creative Writing and English and Journalism, but who knows if that helps. I have a few problems. One is I'm low on tuition. My parents can not afford anymore college for me so I will either have to take loans out (25,000) estimated, or pay up front cash. It's really bothering me. I just want to write. That's all I want. It's my biggest passion and I'm not smart in math or sciences. I have some type of disability I swear. College wants me to take all there GER's (general education requirements) and I am extremely challenged in them. So yeah, it is tough being in college.

As a writer, I've been devoting myself as much as I can in the little time I have. I'm working full time as a coffee shop barista supervisor, working part time at the college newspaper, and living alone in a one bedroom apartment. My life is struggling a little bit because my book is so different, many publishers shun it away. I've only shown it to three. I have a whole list of publishers I want in my 2012 Writer's Market Book, but I am far too embarrassed to show them my work yet.

I know authors, like Kevin Brooks, one of my favorites, who never got a college degree. He was a zookeeper all his life and is now a very popular author now.

I'm scared my books will never be heard. I've gotten so many mixed reviews about my books and the ones that don't like my book REALLY don't like it. I am trying to figure out a balance where most people feel the same about it.

All I do is pour my heart out into my trilogy and other books I am working on only to get little to no results back.
I have been writing for 15 years, won competitions in writing for school, been selected for poetry sections in books, and have grown a fan base online.
It just bothers me how some people get it easy with getting famous and well-heard, where I am sitting at home alone at my desk ripping everything I got out of my soul trying to get my voice heard.

All I hope is that someday, I get discovered.

I might be in debt with college down the road, I might not. I might be smart enough to get a degree, I might not. All I know is writing is my life and when I know that I've touched people with my writing, it makes me cry.

I've made some people cry in my pieces from Creative Writing classes so I definitely know I can use that to my advantage on readers.

I've come from a broken family. I've been abused and bullied my entire life and it's only been the past two years that I've actually shined in my life for the first time. I actually feel like I matter.

I just want any of you fans or friends of mine to know that I've been busting my ass working two jobs, three including my book marketing, but that's more of a passion than a job to me. I want you all to know that being a writer is a massive process and it comes with a lot of sacrifices to get what you really want.

If I get a degree in Journalism and then master in Creative Writing, that's great, real great. But ultimately, I want my hard-earned education to eventually get me what I want. Writing is all I know best. It's all I want. I don't know anything else other than writing. I have nothing left to lose. Let's see where my life gets me.

Peace everyone.Pretty Unlikely Emily Hodson

1 like · Like • 3 comments • flag

Published on November 18, 2012 14:00 • Tags: author, emily-hodson, fiction, freelance-writing, pretty-gutsy, pretty-unlikely, pretty-unlikely-trilogy, scary, self-published, struggling, suspense, writing

In San Francisco

Pretty Gutsy, the second book to The Pretty Unlikely Trilogy is awaiting for the proof book. Once the proof gets approved, it will be available worldwide.
With that said, I am currently on a business trip with Kori Johnson, my co-author of the upcoming book A Desperate Road.
I can't tell you how excited I am to be here and away from Alaska. I feel like whenever I go to San Francisco, all my problems suddenly go away.
All the baggage from Alaska has dissolved and my life is just a happy and fun mess. I just wanted to write this to tell you how happy I am about Pretty Unlikely and Pretty Gutsy being done. I can't wait for you to read the second book :)