FULL BLEED: BUT REALLY I’M NOT ACTUALLY YOUR FRIEND

I saw a post recently talking about how authors need to be more like YouTubers if they want to sell books.

Honestly, folks, I wish it was that easy. I would love for it to be that easy. Firstly, getting to be a YT celebrity isn’t an easy thing in the first place. Takes a long time to be around long enough to build an audience and pull down those sweet product-placement gigs. Aww, just kidding. Nobody does that to build up an audience so that they can get those sponsorships and then not be up...