Mason Dakota
Two things.
1. Remember why you are writing in the first place. I am guilty of forgetting this in the nuance of running a book business and there are so many things spinning around me and the desire to do better and sell more drives me nuts or depressed. But I write because I've got a message and a story to share, and because what I personally get out of writing. I'm a writer and will continue to write and publish even if nobody buys my work because my motivation is first for the personal reward I get. This doesn't mean that I don't strive to do better in marketing or sales, only that the motivation is different.
2. Don't give up. This business of writing is tough. Not many know or understand that. You constantly do battle in your head with your insecurities as well as the characters you create. Sometimes it might even feel like your characters have more control over the things you write than what you write. It's a strange reality we writers live in. But we don't give up, neither do we give up when our book launch fails or we get bad reviews or nobody seems to want to come near our book. Instead, we learn from these things and grow from them as we continue to write. The reason why we write is something unique to every author and something you've got to figure out for yourself.
1. Remember why you are writing in the first place. I am guilty of forgetting this in the nuance of running a book business and there are so many things spinning around me and the desire to do better and sell more drives me nuts or depressed. But I write because I've got a message and a story to share, and because what I personally get out of writing. I'm a writer and will continue to write and publish even if nobody buys my work because my motivation is first for the personal reward I get. This doesn't mean that I don't strive to do better in marketing or sales, only that the motivation is different.
2. Don't give up. This business of writing is tough. Not many know or understand that. You constantly do battle in your head with your insecurities as well as the characters you create. Sometimes it might even feel like your characters have more control over the things you write than what you write. It's a strange reality we writers live in. But we don't give up, neither do we give up when our book launch fails or we get bad reviews or nobody seems to want to come near our book. Instead, we learn from these things and grow from them as we continue to write. The reason why we write is something unique to every author and something you've got to figure out for yourself.
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