Goodreads asked Stacey Dighton:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Stacey Dighton Be prepared to put in the publicity leg work. I really, really underestimated how much time authors spend not writing. That was a real learning curve for me. When a book is in production, and particularly nearing the release date, I spend almost all of my time connecting on social media, making ARC packages, talking with the marketing team or visiting book shops, organising book launches etc. It's fun but I was under-prepared for it. Secondly, get an editor. When I received my first edited copy back it was a real shock to the system - how dare anybody cross out big chunks of my work - but what a huge difference it made. Don't be precious about it. Receive and relish all advice positively - you don't have to act on all of it, but be open minded.

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