Goodreads asked Samuel Leighton-Dore:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Samuel Leighton-Dore Just make work! It doesn't have to be great work! Your work doesn't have to represent everything you are and hope to be (not at first, at least)! I think it's great to back yourself and avoid the discouragement of certain gatekeepers when you're starting out.

I published my first book as an e-book on Amazon only, then self-published my second book and now have a publisher/distributor for my third. It's a long process, but you'll always learn from what you produced by yourself.

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