Steven Orlowski's Blog: Steve O's "So What?" Blog - Posts Tagged "success"

Well, I'm a winner. Finally. It's not that life hasn't been good to me, but I can't recall winning something as random as a raffle before.

I must admit, it feels pretty good. I won signed copies of the five stories that make up Hugh Howey's bestselling book "Wool".

You see, I started following Hugh because he is extremely successful as an independent author.

He self-published Wool and the rest of his Silo series to great success. Actually, I knew of Hugh for months before getting down to reading his book.

I thought there must be some marketing magic that Hugh was performing to become so successful. But there isn't...

The truth is Wool is a great book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to reading the rest of the series.

And I'll gladly add Hugh's signed books to my small collection of autographed editions.

But more importantly for me, and for other aspiring self-publishing success stories, I've learned that the secret to success isn't social media or marketing, it's writing the best book you can.

Good books will always find their audience. And success will come to those that earn it by writing well.

So thanks Hugh. I look forward to receiving the books. And I as I write my next book I will keep you in mind. If I manage to achieve even a fraction of the success you have I will be satisfied knowing that it's the story that counts.