Writer Wednesday: Be Authentic to You

I was recently thinking about the best advice that I could give new authors out there. What is my best advice? To be true to yourself. Be authentic to your personal style and voice. Write what you want to write, not what someone else tells you or what you think the market wants. Trends are always changing, you will forever be chasing them and will likely never catch them, so don't write for what is trendy right now.

So what do you want to write? Romance? Vampires? Been told they are overdone? So what, your vampire story has not been told yet. You have a unique voice and a unique story to tell, so tell it. Who knows, vampires might be in again by the time you finish your story.

Basically don't let the current market, trends, or anyone in the publishing business or not, tell you what you should be writing. Write what you want to write and what you want to read. It truly is as simple as that.