Goodreads asked Frank S. Lechuga:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Frank S. Lechuga Focus. Focus almost to the point of obsession. Embrace the solitude and silence you'll need to produce. Read and Read. Study books on how to write in your genre. Find authors who motivate you. Take notes on what you like and don't want. Decide to become commercial, to sell and to find your niche and market. Seriously. Make the decision that you are not ashamed to hunger for readers. Commit to writing your best for those readers.
Moreover, that means be ready for feedback from friends and beta readers before you go out into the broader world with your work. Also, then you have to be prepared to get your work edited and proofread by professionals if you can afford them, if not by other writers that will barter with you. Accept that you're in it for the long haul. Oh yeah, if you an indie self-published author. Be ready to invest some $ in yourself. Hey, it's tax deductible.

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