K.D. Harp
Go to conferences, take classes, query editors and agents and enter contests, even if you're sure you're destined to self-publish. You may make a connection and find publishing the traditional way is your path. You'll definitely learn things your English teacher never taught you. The feedback you get is as unbiased as you'll ever be able to hope to receive. The process toughens you up and takes the ego out while it puts the business, the craft, into your final product.
Demand excellence from yourself. There are 1000s of rules and theories. Be true to your career message. It's the only unique thing you offer a reader.
Once you have a MS out there, have patience. I'm told it takes about 10 titles before an author really builds a following.
Think beyond one title. If you're out there with a novella at 99cents, you've taught people you write novellas ...for 99cents. Perfect, if that's your goal. A negative if you're out for something more.
As you grow, lift others up to grow as well. The more immersed we are in the craft, the process of creating manuscripts, the better we get.
Demand excellence from yourself. There are 1000s of rules and theories. Be true to your career message. It's the only unique thing you offer a reader.
Once you have a MS out there, have patience. I'm told it takes about 10 titles before an author really builds a following.
Think beyond one title. If you're out there with a novella at 99cents, you've taught people you write novellas ...for 99cents. Perfect, if that's your goal. A negative if you're out for something more.
As you grow, lift others up to grow as well. The more immersed we are in the craft, the process of creating manuscripts, the better we get.
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