A low day in the life of a self published author
Well today has been good and bad. One of my first book reviews came back. It basically stated my story was good, imaginative and interesting. What it lacked is the heavy hand of an editor. This in a way is the worst because their little I can do about it by myself. The fact that my story is interesting means my concept worked, my character development and the world I created worked. If the review said my story sucked, my world made no sense..etc than I could say well I failed that would be easy.
I have hired editors out of my own pocket and have hoped that would be all I need, I apparently have been mislead. I have been writing and editing this book for nearly 10 years. And today is a low day. I feel overwhelmed with the prospects of finding and paying for another editor that I do not have the money for and who might not do a good enough job again.
Being a self-published author is not easy. Your support group is yourself, your team of people helping you make this dream come true is yourself. How it is a struggle not to quit every day. I imagine many self-published authors have a very similar story to me. We get constant lows and many disappointments and hope for just a few ups or maybe even a good string of luck which has yet to come.
I am not quitting yet but to all you self-published authors out there on Tumblr let me hear your story and maybe together we can support each other.
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